Coke train.

On a Saturday evening an officers' special carries a group of high-rollers through the Columbia River Gorge. The train will turn on the wye at Wishram and return west just before sunset. Viewed ... (more)

Leaning into a curve while heading west across fills and cliffs along "The North Bank Road". The Columbia River and John Day Dam are visible beyond.

A long freight chugs up the hill after crossing the Columbia River from the Washington State side, gaining altitude and miles into central Oregon. Three mid-train DPUs included a UP motor.

Sunday morning Z train out of Portland curves through Avery Park along the Columbia River.

A SD70M and an ES44AC lead a westbound intermodal train in the last light of this great Spring day. A low sun angle means great shadows!

This photo was taken during the 2013 Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD SD70M
Location: The Dalles, Oregon, USA
Locomotive #: UP 4070
Train ID: I-DUSE
Photo Date: May 17, 2013

While making my way to the GorgeRail 2013 event I stopped to snap this eastbound rolling through an orchard west of the town of Hood River. Viewed from Ruthton Park overlook looking west.

A westbound rolls across the fill separating the Columbia River with Rowland Lake Sunday evening at 7:00 PM as shadows begin to fill up the scene. We found this train crewing up at Wishram and fo... (more)

A WB BNSF freight snakes out of the siding at Avery, just west of Wishram. The lights of the The Dalles, Oregon are off in the distance, home to the world famous GorgeRail slideshow that conclude... (more)

Some nice evening light to catch a westbound at The Dalles Dam along the Columbia River.

A BNSF Officer Special train heads up the grade at Moody on the Oregon Trunk Subdivision. It would then travel south through Bend, Oregon. The river in the background is the Columbia River, separa... (more)

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Garbage Train