The Cascades Daylight exits one of several tunnels featured back to back just west of the small town of Lyle, Washington.

A rebuild CP EMD leads a manifest westward over the Rock River.

A late Summer afternoon brings forth a BNSF manifest rounding a curve in East Vancouver with a Dash 9 leading high hood forward. This is the only time that I have seen a BNSF GE lead a train in th... (more)

Relegated to yard and transfer service, a pair of SD60s switch Albina Yard before heading out with the Lake Transfer.

The Union Pacific's Lake Transfer diverges at CP East Portland after receiving permission from the dispatcher to cross the Steel Bridge. To my right was fellow RailPics contributor J.PO.

A Metra commuter train departs for Aurora as it is dwarfed by the surrounding Chicago skyline.

As it nears the peak of its trip over the Continental Divide, a BNSF manifest passes over the last of two tall trestles on the MRL's Mullan Pass.

A BNSF coal train skirts a curve east of Washougal as it heads west down the Fallbridge Subdivision on a nice winter day.

The Portland & Western's Vancouver, WA-bound train passes the Oregon Rail Heritage Center, where the SP 4449 is seen still steaming after its adventure on the same railroad.

An empty BNSF garbage train heads west through the first of an immediate series of four tunnels just west of Lyle. The end of the train can be seen on the right side of the plateau formation.

A BNSF grainer skirts along the Columbia River just west of the small town of Lyle, Washington.

A BNSF stinky rushes east towards Roosevelt on a cold winter's day in the Columbia River Gorge.

With a green monster on the point, the Lake Transfer heads towards St. Johns, where it will hold for the outbound Chicago Z. The SD60M is an oddity for this job, which usually has a duo of 40-2s, ... (more)

Passing a set of former IC highliners, a Metra commuter continues its way down the Milwaukee North line after diverging off the Canadian Pacific's C&M Subdivision at Rondout.

With Labor Day weekend in full swing, a BNSF grain passes Hewett Lake in the Columbia River Gorge.