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Nighttime at Portland Union Station. One of the Amtrak Cascades trains lays over as a baggage cart crosses to meet another train as it arrives. Portland Union Station is over 100 years old and is a landmark in Portland.
A westbound Union Pacific freight train rolls past White Satin Sugar at Champ in Northeast Portland, Oregon. White Satin is a regular user of rail service.
A southbound BNSF manifest is on the UP mainline at Diamond Lake, OR. The only "useable" shot of the day after driving 75 miles to sit for 8 hours and only net 4 trains, including one Amtrak.
A long Union Pacific manifest rolls westward on the Black Butte Sub near Worden, Oregon in October of 2004. UP of course has only provided the best for the head end on this autumn day! :p
UP SD70ACE #8363 East leads an hot intermodal train eastbound from Brooklyn Yard to Chicago, IL. It is rather rare that I got to pace a train eastbound out of Portland leaving Brooklyn Yard. Union Pacific has made Brooklyn Yard strictly an intermodal facility while Albina is going to handle...
Sunday we were treated to a rare visitor on BNSF's Oregon Trunk Sub., a gorgeous red Soo Line SD60. The trailing unit on a northbound manifest, here she is "in the lead" as the power returns to the train after making a setout in the yard.
On the eve of a monumental snow storm an eastbound K-Line stack train descends through Nordeen, OR. Within 24 hour 18 inches of new snow will have fallen on this location.
Rear end helpers on the UP 9330 South emerge from the tunnel in cloud of black smokeCanon EOS-10s 35mm, Kodacolor print, scanned on an HP flatbed scanner
UP 9330 South has nearly crested the grade at Cascade Summit, as the rear end pushers are framed by the signals in a haze of diesel exhaust.Canon EOS-10s 35mm, Kodacolor print, scanned on an HP flatbed scanner
On a southbound manifest. Why didn't a take a photo of that trailing Rio Grande tunnel motor?Canon EOS-10s 35mm, Kodacolor print, scanned on an HP flatbed scanner
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