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  1. 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.
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    • Category: Western United States
  2. 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.
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    • Category: Western United States
  3. 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.
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    • amtrak charger siemens
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  4. Grainer in the Gorge

    Grainer in the Gorge

    A BNSF grain train rolls past the vineyard near Maryhill, Washington along the Columbia River.
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    • bnsf columbia river columbia river gorge ge grain train
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    • Category: Western United States
  5. Tardy Builder

    Tardy Builder

    Running seven hours late, the Portland section of the Empire Builder highballs North Bonneville, Washington in the Columbia River Gorge.
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    • amtk amtrak bnsf 1550 columbia river gorge empire builder
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  6. 20th Century Power

    20th Century Power

    A trio of locomotives built in the 1990s leads a loaded garbage train in March 2022.
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    • bnsf columbia river gorge garbage train gp60 sd75m washington
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    • Category: Western United States
  7. CPKirkie

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

    Very nice. I have been to Connell, but I have never seen this operation.
  8. 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.
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    • amtrak columbia river gorge empire builder passenger train siemens charger superliner wishram
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  9. BNSF 4389 east near Maryhill

    BNSF 4389 east near Maryhill

    The Q-PTLLPC3-10A emerges from the Columbia River Gorge.
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    • bnsf columbia-river-gorge freight-train general electric intermodal
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    • Category: Western United States
  10. 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.
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    • Category: Western United States
  11. Retro Starlight

    Retro Starlight

    Amtrak 11 passes the Eastmoreland Golf Course in Southeast Portland, Oregon. The train will terminate at Klamath Falls.
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  12. 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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    • amtrak coast starlight general electric oregon passenger train willamette valley
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  13. Rudolph the Red Nosed Diesel

    Rudolph the Red Nosed Diesel

    The southbound Coast Starlight arrives in Vancouver, Washington on a grubby afternoon. Lead unit AMTK 161 wears the Phase I paint scheme well.
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    • amtk amtk 161 amtrak bnsf coast starlight depot gp38-2 p42dc passenger train vancouver usa
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  14. Golden State Garbage

    Golden State Garbage

    A loaded garbage train heads north on the Shasta Route.
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    • bnsf butte valley general electric locomotive mount shasta shasta route trash up
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  15. Top Geer

    Top Geer

    A Willamette Valley Railway train has stopped at Geer, Oregon while the crew inspects the cars.
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    • gp9 november 1993 oregon shortline willamette valley railway wvr wye
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