A BNSF coal train heads west out of Lyle, WA along the Columbia River en route to Centralia, WA. During this period it was common to run two units on the point and two DPUs which these units are. ... (more)
Westbound Grain Train.
Eastbound Empire Builder east of Bingen, WA
Eastbound detouring UP Z train on the BNSF's Fallbridge sub due to a Bakken Oil train derailment on the Portland Sub on Friday 6.3.06. The derailment resulted in 4 tank cars catching on fire. No... (more)
Union Pacific Railroad suffered a derailment of a loaded Bakken Oil train at Mosier, OR on June 3rd which shut down their route through the Columbia River Gorge for two days. There were no injurie... (more)
A UP stack trains heads east thru Ruthton Point in the Columbia River Gorge.
On the Washington side of the Columbia River, a BNSF stacker ducks in and out of small tunnels as it works it's way up the Columbia River Gorge.
A maintenance train with a couple loads of ballast and some flat cars with track sections heads to the Moiser, Or. The train is en route following a derailment of an oil train that has stopped all... (more)
A unit potash train passes by a Columbia River port grain elevator and marina in the community of Arlington on its way west to Portland.
Westbound oil train passing through the Columbia River gorge near Wind Mountain.
Unit potash train crossing the John Day River while moving down the Columbia River on a warm spring afternoon.
With Oregon's Mt. Hood looming proudly in the background, an empty BNSF oil train glides gracefully along the mighty Columbia River and heads east back to North Dakota and the Bakken Oil Fields fo... (more)
Amtrak train #27 is between tunnels on a beautiful August morning
Westbound grain train passing through a deep cut that is topped with Balsam Root and Lupine west of the Maryhill siding.
Westbound grainer along the majestic blue water and lush spring hills of the Columbia River Gorge.
