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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. Grainer in the Gorge

    Grainer in the Gorge

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

    Tardy Builder

    Running seven hours late, the Portland section of the Empire Builder highballs North Bonneville, Washington in the Columbia River Gorge.
  4. 20th Century Power

    20th Century Power

    A trio of locomotives built in the 1990s leads a loaded garbage train in March 2022.
  5. 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.
  6. Columbia River Gorge

    Columbia River Gorge

    Amtrak's Empire Builder, the Portland, OR, section, races along the Columbia River on the Washington side of the river in late July of 2022. On the BNSF tracks, the train only a short time earlier departed Pasco, Washington. It was photographed from high atop a hill on the Oregon side of the river.
  7. Columbia River Gorge

    Columbia River Gorge

    Amtrak's Empire Builder, the Portland, OR, section, races along the Columbia River on the Washington side of the river in late July of 2022. On the BNSF tracks, the train only a short time earlier departed Pasco, Washington. It was photographed from high atop a hill on the Oregon side of the river.



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