Shop mechanics perform a sustained load test on SD24 No. 4511. They had the prime mover running full-out for at least a half an hour. Honestly, I don't know how they could hear each other, the sou... (more)

On a hazy day in October 1977, a Santa Fe eastbound roars slowly upgrade at Woodford with an SP and Santa Fe manifest in the hole in the long siding. A U-boat in 5936's consist is sending a plume ... (more)

New SD40T-2 No. 8300 leads a westbound string of boxcars at Woodford, CA. These units were very impressive when they were first delivered, and all worked Tehachapi. Truly these locomotives were on... (more)

Late on a spring day, a westbound Santa Fe freight zigzags downgrade through the reverse curves at Caliente. When SP built the line over Tehachapi, its construction crews came right up the very fi... (more)

An eastbound Santa Fe manifest powers up the stiff grade at Woodford.

A westbound manifest picks up momentum as it rolls toward Bealville's west switch. In the distance is the lead power for today's BKDOU, which the manifest just met here. The Oil Cans are exiting t... (more)

Late in the day, a westbound UP stack train approaches The Dalles with a clean new GEVO on the point.

At dusk, a westbound empty trash train cuts through Lyle after piercing a rock tunnel.

Near sunset, a westbound grain train paints a majestic scene along the banks of the river.

A short westbound Z train passes rock ledges at the eastern edge of Dallesport.

At dusk, an eastbound UP intermodal train roars along the south bank of the river with volcanic bluffs for a backdrop.

A westbound grain train flows through the sweeping curves at Maryhill. Above it sits the Stonehenge Memorial, built as a tribute to soldiers of Klickitat County that gave their lives in the First ... (more)

A westbound BNSF trash train threads the tunnel at Lyle, WA.

A westbound UP grain train meets an intermodal symbol at the Dalles Dam.

As we look across the Columbia River through the rain, we see a UP eastbound with a DPU on the rear paralleling the eastbound BNSF manifest right in front of us.