Union Pacific northbound freight train about to enter the Ostrander Tunnel just north of Kelso, Washington, shrouded by bigleaf maple trees at peak fall color. The photo was made while heading hom... (more)
The sun pops through the clouds for a brief couple of minutes right on que almost like the train gods were watching over me. This is UP1995's 1st visit to the Pacific Northwest.
5 SW1500s lead a Weyerhauser train into Kelso, WA
An over and under shot featuring the Weyerhauser Woods train and a BNSF work train at Rocky point WA.
A garbage train comes out of the Rocky Point tunnel.
CLC's Rocky Point Turn shoves his train hard up the hill so he can then reverse direction and continue west across the Cowlitz River Bridge towards Longview
The Brakeman hangs out on the platform of caboose # 4 for Weyerhauser as they cross the Cowlitz River Bridge
Columbia and Cowlitz's Rocky Point Turn switches the north end of Rocky Point Yard as UP's MPSPD works the south end
Weyerhauser's Garbage Train glides down the hill from headquarters and across the Cowlitz River here at Rocky Point, WA
Good look at the more modern section of the trestle between Kelso and Longview, WA.
On home rails, soaring above the BNSF main and en route to Longview.
Shoving back along the BNSF main, heading for the trestle and home rails above.
Sitting along the BNSF main.
A freight headed for Portland passes the Longview Amtrak station with an ex-NP SD45 in the lead.
A BN train headed for Seattle meets a UP counterpart under a classic signal bridge at Kelso.