The first train across the new Sounder Tacoma bridge, is this test train. After delays due to unfinished guard rail, the train crossed the bridge at 9:45 pm. In this shot, it's on its way back t... (more)

With the peaks of the Cascade Crest making a pretty morning shot an eastbound stack train pulls up out of the "Merritt Sag" near Dardenelles Road crossing after having come down the moun... (more)

An eastbound empty oil train coasts downhill through "The Slot", crossing Nason Creek in a wintry mountain scene in the Cascades.

On a hot July afternoon, Willamette Valley Railway's road freight enters Lebanon, returning from a trip to Mill City. The train is crossing the South Santiam River.

Citizens of Lakeview, Oregon celebrate Lake County's purchase of the SP branch line to Alturas. When the depot was constructed by the Nevada-California-Oregon, the rails in front of it were only t... (more)

Eastbound train at Avery in the Columbia River Gorge.

Eastbound train at the rest area between Bingen and Lyle in the Columbia River Gorge.

Two BNSF geeps switch Green Transfer & Storage in North Portland.

Westbound train at Mosier in the Columbia River Gorge.

MILW 131 (and Bi-centenniel 156) hold the main at the east end of Beverly, WA siding. Soon westbound train 201 will take the siding and 131 will continue east to a crew change at Othello, WA. Note... (more)

BNSF 5466 leads an eastbound manifest across a causeway and into Lyle, WA on the former SP&S mainline with the Columbia River in the background. Note the concrete arch bridge in the foreground.

The crew of this BNSF westbound is arriving home on Christmas Eve. The cold has preserved the previous day's snowfall.

With Oregon's Mt. Hood looming proudly in the background, an empty BNSF oil train glides gracefully along the mighty Columbia River and heads east back to North Dakota and the Bakken Oil Fields fo... (more)

After a 2 hour wait with no trains, the last light of day sees an empty garbage train heading West along the Columbia River