Kicking off September with some Cascade Green on the Transcon, as a late L-CHI105 thunders over the Des Planes River with GP39E 2740, H1 GP60B 334 and H4 SD40-2 1680.
The Modern Day A-B-A. BNSF GP39E 2740 (née-Great Northern 3007, GP30, 4/1963) was a vintage rarity to see on a road freight, so often they are led by a seemingly unending parade of GEVOs. ... (more)
A transfer job departs Vancouver for Lake Yard as they pass another set of local power tied up by the station. According to my notes, this was a Portland Terminal or UP crew of some sort.
A Burlington Northern local heads east into Oregon, Illinois, on the morning of July 1, 1995. Leaving the C&I (Chicago & Iowa) main line on the right is the 6.8-mile Mount Morris branch.