A manifest races at track speed through rural and rugged Home Valley, WA in the columbia Gorge. To the right is a large lumber mill.
Entering Hone Valley and racing for home,Southern Pacific No.4449 pours it on hoping for no more delays. Its been a tiring and hot two days with 100 degree temps and numerous delays. The crew and... (more)
A Roberts Bank coal train makes its way past the infamous Home Valley curve adjacent to Wind Mountain on its way west.
A westbound BNSF oil train snakes through the Columbia River Gorge.
WB grainer roars into the snow.
Dirty hoppers around Wind Mountain with a Santa Fe rebuild, BNSF 614 2nd out.
The empire Builder rounds the curve at Home Valley, Wa.
Westbound through the Columbia Gorge, a hot BNSF Z-train is approaching Home Valley. Around the curve, the rear of the train is still passing the site of the Collins Slide, a particularly unstabl... (more)
Westbound train off of the Oregon Trunk at Adams in the Columbia River Gorge.
Signs of the summer rush are beginning to show on BNSF's major east-west routes in the Pacific Northwest, and the Fallbridge Subdivision is no exception. A loaded grain train happens to be one of ... (more)
A BNSF train heads through the stormy Columbia River Gorge, working its way west.
In the late afternoon a Portland, Oregon bound Z train rounds the bend at Wind Mountain as it approaches the community of Home Valley along the north bank of the Columbia River.
Grain in the Gorge. It's autumn, and time for the railroad to be busy hauling the seasonal grain harvest west to the shipping terminals.
Westbound near Wind Mountain along the mighty Columbia River
As the sun is about to set, a Pasco, WA to Tacoma, WA manifest freight soaks up the last rays of light just east of Home Valley, WA on 8/23/14.
