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  1. Delayed Empire Builder

    Delayed Empire Builder

    Running about four hours late, the Portland section of the Empire Builder crosses Hamilton Creek in North Bonneville, Washington. Amtrak train 27 is about 47 miles from Portland Union Station, where it will terminate.
  2. All aboard on Mothers Day

    All aboard on Mothers Day

    Sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Chapter NRHS, the "Shasta Daylight 1990" excursion was a Portland, Oregon to Redding, California roundtrip. The train ran to Redding on Saturday, and returned to Portland on Sunday. It was notable for using a brand new Cotton Belt GP60 as its lead locomotive...
  3. Flying low at Hito

    Flying low at Hito

    Amtrak 500 flies across the floor of the Willamette Valley. Just ahead, the descent into the Willamette River drainage will begin. The train's next station stop will be at Oregon City.
  4. Ethanol for the Northwest

    Ethanol for the Northwest

    An ethanol train rolls through Washougal, Washington on BNSF's Fallbridge Subdivision. The train has just emerged from the Columbia River Gorge.
  5. Shasta Route Intermodal

    Shasta Route Intermodal

    Southern Pacific's PTLAT (Portland Terminal to Los Angeles Trailers) rolls through Black Butte, California on March 31, 1991.
  6. Tardy Baby Builder

    Tardy Baby Builder

    Roughly seven hours late, the Portland Section of the Empire Builder rolls through Washougal, Washington. The train is around 30 miles from its terminus at Portland Union Station.
  7. Grainer in the Gorge

    Grainer in the Gorge

    A BNSF grain train rolls past the vineyard near Maryhill, Washington along the Columbia River.
  8. Tardy Builder

    Tardy Builder

    Running seven hours late, the Portland section of the Empire Builder highballs North Bonneville, Washington in the Columbia River Gorge.
  9. 20th Century Power

    20th Century Power

    A trio of locomotives built in the 1990s leads a loaded garbage train in March 2022.
  10. CPKirkie

    Comment by 'CPKirkie' in media 'Digging In.jpg'

    Very nice. I have been to Connell, but I have never seen this operation.
  11. Tardy Heritage

    Tardy Heritage

    Nearly six hours late, the westbound Empire Builder arrives at Wishram, Washington. Odds are 50/50 it will reach its destination at Union Station in Portland by sunset.
  12. BNSF 4389 east near Maryhill

    BNSF 4389 east near Maryhill

    The Q-PTLLPC3-10A emerges from the Columbia River Gorge.
  13. Monster on the Columbia

    Monster on the Columbia

    A 200+ car grain train heads west on BNSF’s Fallbridge Subdivision near Maryhill, Washington. This G-SMNINB was running 2x3x3.
  14. Retro Starlight

    Retro Starlight

    Amtrak 11 passes the Eastmoreland Golf Course in Southeast Portland, Oregon. The train will terminate at Klamath Falls.
  15. Glint at Canby

    Glint at Canby

    The northbound Coast Starlight is racing the sunset to Portland as it rolls through Canby, Oregon.



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