A unit train heading to California with empty hopper cars of a different design than I've seen before.

Eastbound manifest along the Columbia River

Westbound passes Rowland Lake

A muddy pond just west of the small Columbia River town of Mosier provides a reflective scene for this eastbound Z train.

Between Lyle and Bingen near Rowland Lake falls, a westbound Dash-9, dashes into the snow. Happy Holidays!

Winter Wonder Winter Wonderland along the Columbia River Gorge.

A westbound BN freight led by a mix of 3 Geeps and 3 Fs cruises along the Columbia River and Washington highway 14 as it heads from Wishram to Vancouver near Bingen, WA. BN 1750, an x-NP GP9 featu... (more)

UP 2547 leads CP 8861 and KCS 4181 down the Columbia River Gorge with a train of oil from the Canadian tar sands. The dam in the background is the John Day dam

Fall in Washington isn't spectacular by any means compared to places like New England, but the oaks do change colors and they make for a nice contrast against the deep blue waters of the Columbia ... (more)

Two cigar-branded Gevos dart across the Columbia River as fall sinks into the Pacific Northwest. With the harvest, grain trains are plentiful and commonly have Canadian power.

After a series of storms some good weather has come to the PNW. Here we see a westbound empty vehicle train making up speed after a work window.

Westbound grainer heads along the Lewis and Clark highway, west of the small defunct logging town of Hood, Wa.

An eastbound stack train moves along the north bank through the scenic Columbia River Gorge during a morning in late October. The rear of the train is still inside the Drano tunnels.