Quick Trip from Salem To Nampa, ID and Back

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Youngwarrior

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Westbound BNSF grain train at Cliffs, WA just west of the John Day Dam. I was parked on a turnout on Old Highway 30 east of Biggs.

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Westbound BNSF grain train approaching Maryhill, WA from the same location as the previous photo.

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Next stop was at Stanfield on the east end of Hinkle Yard. Caught a westbound manifest entering the yard.

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DPU on the westbound manifest at Stanfield.
 
From Stanfield I headed to Echo on Old Highway 30.

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The road between Stanfield and Echo isn't within sight of the railroad. At Echo I found a westbound already heading through town. Here is the mid-train DPU.

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Next train was in Pendleton. This is just west of town at the passing siding called Rieth. A westbound grain train comes through with 3x4x2 power.

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Lead unit on the west grain.

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Mid-train DPUs approaching.
 
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This CSX unit was had the lead for the mid-train DPUs.

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The rear DPUs. Due to time constraints this was the last train photographed on the way to Nampa.

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Two days later on the way home I had more time and followed the railroad as much as possible from Farewell Bend to Stanfield. Here is a west manifest leaving Caldwell, ID.

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The manifest was passing a local with two SD40-2s for power. This is the lead unit.
 
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One more of the east grain west of Pritchard Creek.

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I drove back to Pritchard Creek to see if a could catch the grain train again. Found this Hi-Rail Truck working on the switch.

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Followed the Hi-Rail to Durkee where he entered the siding. Waited awhile for the grain train but he didn't show.

Although I drove Old 30 the rest of the way to La Grande there were no more trains.

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DPU on a west double stack just east of La Grande. He was stopped for maintenance being done on a grade crossing.
 
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Lead unit on the west double stacked stopped just outside La Grande.

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In the La Grande Yard from an overlook at the west end of the yard.

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Mid-train DPUs on a west grain stopped near Perry west of La Grande.

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Rear DPUs on a manifest that met the stopped grain train near Perry.
 
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Another shot of the DPUs on the east manifest near Perry.

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The lead unit on the stopped grain train near Perry. There appeared to be a problem with one of the units as a couple men from the truck were looking at it.

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Farther up the hill was this tied down empty coal train at Motanic. No one around and the units weren't even idling.
 
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At Kamela I caught up with the back of an autorack so I took the gravel road that parallels the tracks between Kamela and Meacham.
Here is the first time a got far enough ahead to stop.

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Shortly after I took this shot the train stopped at a red signal and I continued on to Meacham.

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In Meacham I found MOW equipment in the storage spur . . .

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. . . and on the main the autorack was descending.
 
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More of the equipment the autorack was waiting for.

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Next stop was Pendleton again. Here a west double stack runs through the east end of Rieth.

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A few minutes later an east double stack comes through Rieth.
 
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The east double stack heading into Pendleton.

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At Celilo Park I caught this west manifest heading past the park.

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DPU on the west manifest at Celilo Park.

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Last stop was Multnomah Falls. No trains but this classic sign on the bridge over Multnomah Creek.
 




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