The going-nowhere-fast-or-anytime-soon Hooper Turn sits in the same spot, as I had been told, as it had been sitting for several days. The UP Ayer Sub (aka the Washy Line) is in the foreground.
Loaded Canpotex train heads south towards Hinkle for eventual forwarding to Terminal 5 in Portland, OR.
Sunrise on the SP. Perhaps a morning like this was inspiration for the Daylight scheme?
Galloping along the Columbia River.....
A Horse that wandered far far from home passes an area landmark.... Oregon's Mt. Hood.
Still in it's GE Demo paint, and leading a Z train through the Wilamette Valley.
Northbound local to Madras from Bend heads past Mt. Jefferson. Old habits die hard, and this crew called themselves the "BN OT" for the time we were with them.
Two Draper Tapers lead the Everett - Pasco manifest through the Gorge.
Clean green crossing one of the many causeways in the Gorge.
Clean green leads a Centralia coal train westbound.
Hard to believe two all green garbage trains were out this day!
Look closely, you can see the UP 1983 hiding near the rear.
Mount Hood - such a nice backdrop!
Garbage train heading to Roosevelt with an A-B-A EMD lashup.
