Having just met a freight train at Quinton, Amtrak's Pioneer blazes eastward along the Columbia River. Train 26's next station stop will be at Hinkle, site of Union Pacific's massive yard.

Train 26, the Pioneer, departs Portland for Salt Lake City. The train carried a through coach and sleeper for Chicago. Demolition of the depot yard is underway, and a sign advertises the condos t... (more)

The eastbound Pioneer tiptoes through a derailment site on Union Pacific along the Columbia River. That is the east end of Burlington Northern's yard at Wishram across the river.

The last eastbound Pioneer rolls along the Columbia River. Someone in Seattle applied the "nose art" prior to departure that morning.