Four hours late, the Portland section of the Empire Builder exits a stretch of two main tracks at Washougal, Washington. The next stop for train 27 is at Vancouver, roughly 20 minutes to the west.
Here we see a rare sight these days, which is an Amtrak, a BNSF and a Union Pacific train at the same time running through Rocky and Eisele, Colorado. The train in the upper portion of the photo ... (more)
The sun is still below the horizon as the California Zephyr 5 runs through the soft glow of the BNSF yard lights and the snowy pastel colors in Denver, Colorado.