Railfanning the Columbia River Gorge by boat produced this shot of QPTLCHC120A rounding a curve below the Maryhill Winery. Mount Hood in the background.
Spectacular; no better way to describe the Columbia River Gorge. Wishram - the heart of BNSF operations in Gorge - can be seen from a bluff along the road leading out of town. From this height, we... (more)
A westbound BNSF Z train zips through Tunnel 10 west of Lyle, Washington, on May 30, 2008.
Ex SP power heads west on a unit Potash train.
Ex SP power on a westbound unit potash train after meeting a hot eastbound at Heppner Jct.
6 units lead a hot eastbound UP intermodal along the Columbia River.
Looking like a westbound intermodal, a BNSF garbage train crosses the fill at Horsethief Lake near Wishram, Washington, on May 30, 2008. Power for the train is all EMD; two SD40-2s in Santa Fe and... (more)
On a calm spring day in the the Columbia River Gorge, a BNSF intermodal races east down the Fallbridge Subdivision.
A southbound BNSF manifest climbs a grade as it prepares to follow the Deschutes River.
A BNSF local rolls past rocky cliffsides as it heads back to Wishram.