July 6th, Wednesday - The NRHS's Go By Train convention featured a double header (#700 and #4449) seen here charging out of the cliffs at Cape Horn.
The first run to Wishram
The SP&S 700 leads the NRHS special into Wishram, WA.
Alco FA-1 leads a mixed freight. SP&S 860 will not make it to Burlington Northern paint as it will be retired before getting it's cascade green scheme.
In 1975 Alcos were all over the place in Vancouver
Switch crew takes a bite at the lunch counter. Honeywell Pentax H1a; Agfachrome
Still in SP&S paint, but renumbered for BN. Honeywell Pentax H1a; Agfachrome
BN 4070 switches cars at Willbridge, pulling them out past the train order office onto the main for a movement back into a different track.
A pair of ex-SP&S Alcos shunt cars at Pasco Yard.
Four RS3s bring a transfer run out of Vancouver Yard and head for Portland across the Columbia River.
A quartet of ex-SP&S Alco RS3s takes a transfer run from Vancouver Yard toward Portland as a UP GP30 leads a freight headed for Seattle across the Columbia River Bridge.
SP&S 700 meets BNSF 1074. Photo by Alan Morris