A short container train passes the grain elevators at Hatton in front of a cloudy sky

After burning for more than three hours in the sun, finally UP sent us a grain train over the beautiful Joso bridge

BNSF 5001 and 8203 in Warbonnet Colours are working hard to pull their grain train up the Providence Hill

You don't see an Amtrak train here in daylight normally... With a delay of more than three hours, "Empire Builder" is running towards Pasco

After climbing for about 20 minutes up the hill and waiting for nearly two hours, finally we got a train shortly before sunset

In front of impressive Mt. Hood, BNSF 5482 leads a mixed manifest eastwards along Columbia River

Only on early mornings, you can get a shot like this. We were quite happy that this train had helper locos...