UP's Directors' Special from Seattle heads towards Portland and points east at Castle Rock, Washington on BN's double track mainline. UP exercises trackage rights on this former NP route, which wa... (more)
Reading the Illinois Central E unit was to lead the 2013 CN Holiday train I thought I should get out to see this train never knowing how long the 101 would remain. I spent the full day from Gilma... (more)
UP's Old timers' Special heads west on its climb over the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon having left La Grande. The train is en route to Portland. Snow conditions still prevail on this late Apri... (more)