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  1. Work train in the Gorge

    Work train in the Gorge

    A rail train heads upriver in the Columbia River Gorge.
    • ahockley
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    • columbia gorge rail river train work
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Western United States
  2. Green in the Gorge

    Green in the Gorge

    Two FURX (ex-BN) units emerge from a tunnel just west of Lyle.
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    • columbia furx gorge lyle river tunnel
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Western United States
  3. Oakway at Maryhill

    Oakway at Maryhill

    An eastbound auto train with an Oakway unit on the point skirts the cliffs just west of Maryhill in the Columbia River Gorge during Gorgerail 2004.
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    • bnsf columbia gorge maryhill oakway river
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Western United States
  4. CP in the Columbia River Gorge

    CP in the Columbia River Gorge

    An eastbound empty Canpotex train with two CP units as the sole power traverses the gorge east of Bingen, WA.
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    • bingen columbia cp gorge river
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Western United States
  5. Warbonnet at Bonneville

    Warbonnet at Bonneville

    An ex-ATSF SD75M leads this westbound at station sign North Bonneville in the Columbia River Gorge
    • ahockley
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    • bnsf columbia gorge river sd75m warbonnet
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Western United States
  6. Leaving Cooks

    Leaving Cooks

    A westbound vehicle train departs Cooks in the Columbia River Gorge
    • ahockley
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    • bnsf columbia cooks gorge river
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Western United States
  7. In Your Face at Lyle

    In Your Face at Lyle

    An eastbound empty grain train curves into Lyle, WA
    • ahockley
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    • bnsf columbia gorge lyle river
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Western United States
  8. Nosing Down the Gorge

    Nosing Down the Gorge

    An orange Dash 9 contrasts against the green bank of the Columbia River.
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    • bnsf columbia gorge river
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
  9. Grunge in the Gorge

    Grunge in the Gorge

    An eastbound train near Bingen in the Columbia River Gorge features a dirty locomotive with less-than-ideal emissions.
    • ahockley
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    • bnsf columbia gorge river
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Western United States
  10. Baretable in the Gorge

    Baretable in the Gorge

    An eastbound baretable enters Lyle, WA in the Columbia River Gorge
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    • baretable bnsf columbia gorge river
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Western United States
  11. Westbound in the Gorge

    Westbound in the Gorge

    A westbound intermodal is just leaving Mosier, Oregon for Portland.
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    • columbia gorge i-84 mosier river sandy up
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Western United States
  12. Wallula Gap

    Wallula Gap

    The V-PTLKCK races through the Wallula Gap toward Pasco. The Wallula Gap features some mighty imposing geology, which makes it rather photogenic.
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    • basalt bnsf columbia gap geology pasco river wallula
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Western United States
  13. Climbing the Coulee

    Climbing the Coulee

    A westbound stack train grinds out the Coulee between Canby and Bluestem, WA.
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    • bluestem bnsf columbia coulee river stack sub washington
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Western United States
  14. Grinding the Grade

    Grinding the Grade

    A eastbound stack train grinds up the grade between Harrington and Bluestem, WA.
    • funnelfan
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    • bluestem bnsf columbia glint river sub
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Western United States
  15. Cresting the Divide

    Cresting the Divide

    A eastbound stack train crests the divide beteen Harrington and Bluestem on BNSF Columbia River Sub (ex-GN)
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    • bluestem bnsf columbia glint river sub washington
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Western United States
  16. Rock Island Columbia River Bridge

    Rock Island Columbia River Bridge

    The BNSF railroad bridge across the Columbia River near Rock Island WA. It was built in the early 1890's as part of the Great Northern Railway. What makes this bridge somewhat unsual is that the bridge was later strengthened by adding an outer truss around the original truss.
    • fallnflags
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    • bnsf bridge columbia great northern river
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Bridges and Trestles
  17. PNWR Linnton Turn

    PNWR Linnton Turn

    Portland and Western's Linnton Turn kicks up the leaves as it hustles on out the Astoria Line with empties that customers want to load ASAP.
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    • astoria columbia leaves line pnwr river
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Western United States
  18. Columbia River Draw

    Columbia River Draw

    View South (Time Table West), Burlington Northern Portland Division, Third Sub.
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    • columbia draw river
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Bridges and Trestles
  19. Beverly Bridge (View West) 1978

    Beverly Bridge (View West) 1978

    What a great country! We can afford giant public art out in the desert. Certainly better as art than to let those pesky bikers and hikers use it! Note about yesterday's bridge pix: I stand corrected, the bridge is not over the Skookumchuck River but over a county road. I guess when they...
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    • beverly bridge columbia milwaukee river road
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Bridges and Trestles
  20. A Frosty Day on The British Columbia Railway

    A Frosty Day on The British Columbia Railway

    BCR C425 806 leads M420 647 and RS18s 625 and 612 down the hill towards Taylor B.C. on the Yard turn out of Fort St John on January 17, 1981
    • Ross Pugsley
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    • british columbia freight rialway train
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Canada


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