BNSF trash empties head back toward the Portland/Seattle area for their next set of loads, seen passing through the tunnels near Lyle, WA.
BNSF 7486 serves as the DPU on grain empties heading back to the Heartland for another load as seen from high above the Columbia River near Lyle, WA.
After climbing for about 20 minutes up the hill and waiting for nearly two hours, finally we got a train shortly before sunset
Only on early mornings, you can get a shot like this. We were quite happy that this train had helper locos...