Wishram was quite a spot to spend some time in back in the 70's. It pretty much was a railroad town, with a depot and restaurant open 24 hours. The place seemingly was a throwback to the 60's or b... (more)
BN 6505,6500 roll grain empties east past Horsethief Lake and the Columbia River. Kind of hard to believe that probably as many 40 of 50 foot boxcars with "grain doors" were still in grain service... (more)
An eastbound manifest goes for throttle up departing Wishram. Seconds later, the Bayliner gets the ok for throttle up, and the chase is on. Nothing on the land side equals the sights and sounds o... (more)
A northbound coming off of the Oregon Trunk swings around the east leg of the wye on the bridge across the Columbia River, headed for the yard at Wishram WA. It's well on the way to another 100+ ... (more)
BN train 139 rolls east along the towering cliffs near Wishram. 139 was a secondary freight that made the inside gateway trip to the WP connection at Bieber. Today's train is powered by BN 2529,43... (more)
Before the BN bought the Frisco they had a number of GP35's leased for system wide service due to a power shortage in early to mid 1979. Most of them tended to congregate in the Pacific Northwest ... (more)
BN 2524,4260,4366,4364 are westbound just out of Wishram with train 2nd/393. The Columbia River is in the background and the lift span of Celio Bridge can be faintly seen just to the right of 2524... (more)
From high above the Columbia River, Horsethief Lake and the huge cliffs on the Oregon side of the river dwarf this BN westbound lead by 2529 along with another GP35,GP30 and an RS11. I had ran out... (more)
BN 4188,1977,828 roll 62 cars east near Wishram. Although the sky was mainly clear on this summer morning I still managed to get zapped with a small cloud. Back when I was much younger I used to s... (more)
My trip to the Pacific Northwest in 1979 was blessed with less than perfect weather that the area is know for. It even made me appreciate the weather back home in Upper Michigan. This shot has BN ... (more)
