Looking down on the Wishram yard from Highway 14, a BNSF eastbound is departing with the Oregon Trunk Bridge in the background.
Mount Hood looms across the river, in Oregon, as a BNSF Z-train heads East along the Washington side of the Columbia River.
Coming off the Oregon Trunk line, BNSF 5417 leads a mix of locos and freight across the bridge at Wishram, WA.
The first run to Wishram
On a beautiful late spring afternoon, SP 4449 pulls an excursion train in the return leg of a round trip from Portland to Wishram and back.
BNSF 2286 pauses during switching duties in the Wishram yard. Highway 14 can be seen high above the rails in the background.
BNSF 4716 leads it's train west, out of a spring thunderstorm. BNSF was in such a need for power that this engine was released into service without its full striping.
A very long string of power prepares to couple back up to there Pasco-bound train off the Oregon Trunk, while a westbound auto train waits for it's crew.
A Pasco, WA to Barstow, CA high priority manifest train begins it's journey down the Oregon Trunk.
A Barstow bound manifest gets the light to enter the Oregon Trunk trackage at Wishram as the last rays of sun peek through the storm clouds.
Eastbound Empire Builder station stop
A Barstow, CA to Pasco, WA manifest crosses the Columbia River.
Ready for departure: 60 cylinders eager to run. Honeywell Pentax H1a; Kodachrome
