The "Baby Builder" section of the Empire Builder travels through the small Columbia River town of Lyle, Washington.

This photo was taken during the 2013 Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Lyle, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 124
Train ID: AMTK 28
Photo Date: May 18, 2013

A westbound rolls across the fill separating the Columbia River with Rowland Lake Sunday evening at 7:00 PM as shadows begin to fill up the scene. We found this train crewing up at Wishram and fo... (more)

Loaded oil tankers glint in the last few minutes of a great Spring day. Passing through the Columbia River Gorge, these oil cans will travel through Vancouver, WA, then north on BNSF's Seattle Sub... (more)

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Vehicle Train

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Giving passengers their money's worth at every turn in the form of gorgeous scenery, the Portland section of Amtrak's Empire Builder is on time at Rowland Lake deep within the confines of the Colu... (more)

Gas Train

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BN 1750 and 4 other vintage units lead a freight west through tunnel 9, the first of 3 tunnels just west of Lyle, WA along the Columbia River en route to Vancouver, WA from Wishram.

Leaving Lyle
A westbound BNSF freight threads Tunnel 10 and is about to enter Tunnel 9, just west of Lyle, Washington, on May 30, 2008.