Entering Hone Valley and racing for home,Southern Pacific No.4449 pours it on hoping for no more delays. Its been a tiring and hot two days with 100 degree temps and numerous delays. The crew and... (more)

SP4449 heads back west towards portland on it's way back from it's trip to Bend

BNSF 5257 and 798, the latter in Santa Fe paint, head east with a manifest freight at Dallesport, WA, along the Columbia River and below Mt. Hood. The train is out of Vancouver, WA headed for Pasc... (more)

Snowy grainer rounds the curve near Cook, Wa.

Westbound through the Columbia Gorge, a hot BNSF Z-train is approaching Home Valley. Around the curve, the rear of the train is still passing the site of the Collins Slide, a particularly unstabl... (more)

Great evening light on a westbound manifest along Columbia river, four years ago.

Signs of the summer rush are beginning to show on BNSF's major east-west routes in the Pacific Northwest, and the Fallbridge Subdivision is no exception. A loaded grain train happens to be one of ... (more)

Two BNSF trains meet at Cook.

CREX 1433 passes the Prindle Spur at MP 37.8 on the Fallbridge subdivision. Lead unit is leased power from Citicorp Railmark Incorporated (CREX).

In the late afternoon a Portland, Oregon bound Z train rounds the bend at Wind Mountain as it approaches the community of Home Valley along the north bank of the Columbia River.

Grain in the Gorge. It's autumn, and time for the railroad to be busy hauling the seasonal grain harvest west to the shipping terminals.

An eastbound loaded vehicle train departs Cook Siding after meeting a westbound grainer. BNSF 6861 is seen pushing on the rear.

Westbound near Wind Mountain along the mighty Columbia River

An eastbound BNSF manifest hugs the rock cliffs at Dallesport as beautiful Mount Hood looms in the distance.

A railfan gets shots of a BNSF intermodal as it traverses through the Columbia River Gorge.