Westbound grainer rolls out of the siding at North Dalles.

Westbound loaded coal train for Roberts Bank, BC, Canada, on the fill dividing Horsethief Lake from the Columbia River.

Although it felt like every train I shot on my Pacific Northwest trip in June 1979 was under cloud cover, it didn't always work out that way.(unless an Alco was on the point-) Here BN 6492,6555 bl... (more)

BN's Pacific Northwest power was pretty much a group of just about anything that wouldn't be useful in coal service toward the end of the 70's. This shot of GP30 2222 and GP35 2524 struggling east... (more)