On BNSF’s scenic Fallbridge Subdivision in the Columbia River Gorge, an eastbound vehicle train exits Tunnel 7 at Lyle, Washington, on September 24, 2016.

Westbound manifest train at the Lyle Rest Area in the Columbia River Gorge.

Westbound Manifest train rolling through Lyle in the Columbia River Gorge.

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

A not so often seen BNSF AC4400CW rolls some export coal loads into the snowy Columbia River Gorge.

An eastbound Stack train in the Columbia River Gorge.

Garbage never looked so good.

Westbound on a BNSF freight in the Columbia River Gorge is a pair of Department of Defense flatcars loaded with six new Stryker armored combat vehicles on September 24, 2016. This overhead view is... (more)

Heading west through the scenic Columbia River Gorge is a BNSF freight exiting Tunnel 10 west of Lyle, Washington, on September 24, 2016.

BNSF 6142 has a loaded coal train headed west at Lyle, WA. The train is crossing the Lake Chamberlain causeway along the Columbia River and is about to enter tunnel 10, the first of a series of fo... (more)

A BNSF eastbound vehicle train threads through the four tunnels west of Lyle, WA along the Columbia River near Chamberlain Lake. The train is exiting Tunnel 7 and headed into Tunnel 8. Tunnels 9 a... (more)

BNSF 7876 rolls an eastbound manifest through a thread of 4 tunnels west of Lyle, WA along the Columbia River. This train was a treat due to the pair of SD40-2s in the consist, presumably heading ... (more)

BNSF 4834 with some help from CN GEs has a lengthy manifest cruising west over the Chamberlain Lake causeway and through Tunnel 10 along the Columbia River west of Lyle, WA. This train appears to ... (more)

Rolling east through cuts of volcanic rock along the Columbia River, BNSF 7720 has a daily garbage train in tow. The 7720 is an older ES44DC, among the last units to sport BNSF's Heritage II schem... (more)

Southern Railway's famous Rathole Division had nothing on the former SP&S mainline along the Columbia River in Washington state. Here BNSF 5755 rolls a loaded coal train through Jackson Tunnel, th... (more)