A foggy December dawn at Vancouver sees power from a UP grainer sitting near the "NP" yard.
Earthworm perspective
Taken from the riverside, this empty grainer is hustling east near Cooks siding.
Hottest train on the system is the Chicago-Portland Z train, a usual mid-day visitor to the mid-Gorge. Here its streaking along with little delay.
Rolling downgrade into Maryhill is a manifest train.
A meet at the east end of Wishram is taking place as the mainfest is coming out of the short tunnel, while the Evergreen Stack train waits on the main.
Coming off of the trunk, this manifest is about a mile from the Celilo bridge.
Framed by the grain silos at Biggs, this train, bound for the CP interchange at Eastport, ID is again on single track after a short section of double main from The Dalles, OR.
A heavy powered manifest train is swinging through the curves about to Maryhill siding.
A West Maryhill in the mid-Columbia River Gorge a Chicago bound stacker is heading thru on the main.
Its 108 degrees outside as this equally hot UP pig train is about to light up Redding, CA
A trio of MRL units are switching the local industries at Drummond, MT.
Splitting the semaphores at MP 192 is a Pasco bound manifest being handled by the MRL.
This Chicago bound Evergreen stack train is nearing MP85, just north of Castle Rock, WA
A Tacoma bound grainer is at the top of Napavine hill as the rest of its train is stretched down the .9% south slope.