Heading west through the scenic Columbia River Gorge is a BNSF freight exiting Tunnel 10 west of Lyle, Washington, on September 24, 2016.

BNSF 6142 has a loaded coal train headed west at Lyle, WA. The train is crossing the Lake Chamberlain causeway along the Columbia River and is about to enter tunnel 10, the first of a series of fo... (more)

A BNSF eastbound vehicle train threads through the four tunnels west of Lyle, WA along the Columbia River near Chamberlain Lake. The train is exiting Tunnel 7 and headed into Tunnel 8. Tunnels 9 a... (more)

BNSF 7876 rolls an eastbound manifest through a thread of 4 tunnels west of Lyle, WA along the Columbia River. This train was a treat due to the pair of SD40-2s in the consist, presumably heading ... (more)

BNSF 4834 with some help from CN GEs has a lengthy manifest cruising west over the Chamberlain Lake causeway and through Tunnel 10 along the Columbia River west of Lyle, WA. This train appears to ... (more)

Rolling east through cuts of volcanic rock along the Columbia River, BNSF 7720 has a daily garbage train in tow. The 7720 is an older ES44DC, among the last units to sport BNSF's Heritage II schem... (more)

Southern Railway's famous Rathole Division had nothing on the former SP&S mainline along the Columbia River in Washington state. Here BNSF 5755 rolls a loaded coal train through Jackson Tunnel, th... (more)

Eastbound Union Pacific empty grain train, viewed from Ruthton Park overlook on a rainy day. Dog mountain, shrouded in low clouds, is the backdrop on the other side of the Columbia River.

Eastbound windmill blade train past Towal, WA

Shortly after sunrise on a clear June morning, a hot eastbound Z-train is on the causeway across Rowland Lake in the Columbia Gorge between Bingen and Lyle.

Eastbound windmill blade train between Wishram and Maryhill, WA

A westbound BNSF stack train departs Lyle, Washington, on a beautiful afternoon in the Columbia River Gorge on September 24, 2016. It looks like an intermodal train—but don’t let the container... (more)

Westbound through the Columbia Gorge, a hot BNSF Z-train is approaching Home Valley. Around the curve, the rear of the train is still passing the site of the Collins Slide, a particularly unstabl... (more)

As if the westward view through the Columbia Gorge were not enough, the Union Pacific added two locomotives in factory-fresh paint to the head of the three unit consist on this eastbound manifest.... (more)

In the heart of the Columbia Gorge, a BNSF eastbound manifest emerges from Tunnel 7 just west of Lyle, Washington on the BNSF Fallbridge Subdivision, and will soon roll through Tunnels 8 and 9. T... (more)