At dusk, an eastbound UP intermodal train roars along the south bank of the river with volcanic bluffs for a backdrop.

An eastbound KLine stack train skirts the volcanic bluffs at Celilo.

New C4 No. 7037 leads a southbound manifest up the grade from the Columbia River on the Oregon Trunk.

The lead CTE on an eastbound UP manifest show signs of engine fire as it passes the rugged environs at Celilo.

A UP intermodal train heads east at the level of the river, while a tunnel portal of the Oregon Trunk stands on a ledge at left.

BNSF 775 South climbs the stiff grade that starts at the Columbia River.

A southbound BNSF manifest climbs a grade as it prepares to follow the Deschutes River.

Taking a break from the usual UP parade to shoot something orange that was dropping down off the OT... I sorta wanted that Warbonnet Dash-8 in the lead, but given the quality of the paint, I sorta... (more)

Heading across the gorge to Washington state in the late evening

The BNSF officer's special emerges from the tunnel climbing its way out of Celilo on its way south.

A BNSF Officer Special train heads up the grade at Moody on the Oregon Trunk Subdivision. It would then travel south through Bend, Oregon. The river in the background is the Columbia River, separa... (more)

Union Pacific 8262 leads a westbound grain train through the Columbia River Gorge at Milepost 99.0. This was taken during the 2012 Annual Gorgerail slidesho... (more)

The H PASBAR charges up the hill above Celilo on its way to Barstow.

A UP eastbound empty ballast train takes the sweeping curve, about cross the Deschutes River,at MP 99 west of Biggs,OR on October 24, 2012.

A Union Pacific stack train races westbound through the Columbia River Gorge. The train is seen here crossing the Deschutes River near Biggs.