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By:Robert Powers
Dates:7/14/2018 - 7/15/2018
Album Info:2 blisteringly hot days in the Gorge. BNSF on the Washington side; Union Pacific on the Oregon side.
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Amtrak in the Gorge
Title:  Amtrak in the Gorge
Description:  Train for scale! The Empire Builder is running several hours behind schedule as it makes its way along the Columbia River.
Photo Date:  7/14/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:11:42 AM
Location:  Cooks, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 16(P42DC)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Columbia River Gorge
Title:  Columbia River Gorge
Description:  The heat of a 90-plus degree day is mitigated a bit by the waters of the Columbia River.
Photo Date:  7/14/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:11:46 AM
Location:  Cooks, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 16(P42DC)
Views:  111   Comments: 0
Tiny train in a big land
Title:  Tiny train in a big land
Description:  The Empire Builder is dwarfed by the magnificence of the Columbia River Gorge.
Photo Date:  7/14/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:11:48 AM
Location:  Cooks, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 16(P42DC)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
Freight in the Gorge
Title:  Freight in the Gorge
Description:  The Gorge buzzes with activity on both sides -- BNSF on the Washington shore, Union Pacific on the Oregon side.
Photo Date:  7/14/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:11:51 AM
Location:  Cooks, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8077(ES44C4) BNSF 4584(C44-9W)
Views:  115   Comments: 1
Columbia River Gorge
Title:  Columbia River Gorge
Description:  BNSF freight bound for the port of Portland with a load of grain? wheat? that will eventually make its way onto ocean-going freighters.
Photo Date:  7/14/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:11:54 AM
Location:  Cooks, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4584(C44-9W) BNSF 8077(ES44C4)
Views:  129   Comments: 1
Columbia River Gorge
Title:  Columbia River Gorge
Description:  A helper brings up the rear of a long string of hoppers.
Photo Date:  7/14/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:11:57 AM
Location:  Lyle, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9084(SD70ACe)
Views:  149   Comments: 1
Columbia River Gorge
Title:  Columbia River Gorge
Description:  The Gorge is a landscape that makes big machines look tiny.
Photo Date:  7/14/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:12:01 AM
Location:  Cooks, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9084(SD70ACe)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
We got BOTH kinds of trains -- UP AND BNSF!
Title:  We got BOTH kinds of trains -- UP AND BNSF!
Description:  Two pushers roar past the Mitchell Point overlook while a BNSF freight makes its way west on the other side of the river.
Photo Date:  7/14/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:12:03 AM
Location:  Cooks, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8817(SD70AH) UP 7939(AC45CCTE)
Views:  210   Comments: 1
Columbia River Gorge
Title:  Columbia River Gorge
Description:  A pair of BNSF engines haul a consist past Drano Lake on the Washington side of the Columbia.
Photo Date:  7/14/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:12:06 AM
Location:  Cooks, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5957(ES44AC) BNSF 3960(ET44C4)
Views:  116   Comments: 1
Columbia River Gorge
Title:  Columbia River Gorge
Description:  A trio of BNSF locomotives charge out of Woldson's Tunnel, at the Chamberlain Lake rest area.
Photo Date:  7/15/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:14:22 AM
Location:  Lyle, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8248(ES44C4)
Views:  127   Comments: 1
Columbia River Gorge
Title:  Columbia River Gorge
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/15/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:13:47 AM
Location:  Lyle, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  64   Comments: 1
Columbia River Gorge
Title:  Columbia River Gorge
Description:  A Union Pacific hopper train rounds a bend alongside I-84 in Oregon.
Photo Date:  7/15/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:13:49 AM
Location:  Lyle, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5361(AC45CCTE)
Views:  118   Comments: 0
Columbia River Gorge
Title:  Columbia River Gorge
Description:  Three units rolling past McLure Lake on the Oregon side of the Columbia.
Photo Date:  7/15/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:13:52 AM
Location:  Lyle, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5361(AC45CCTE) CP 9826(AC44CW) CP 8652(AC44CW)
Views:  188   Comments: 1
Train in the distance
Title:  Train in the distance
Description:  A BNSF mixed freight is westbound past Rowland Lake and the enormous hills and bluffs of the Gorge.
Photo Date:  7/15/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:13:55 AM
Location:  Lyle, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4012(C44-9W) BNSF 4899(C44-9W)
Views:  95   Comments: 0
Columbia River Gorge
Title:  Columbia River Gorge
Description:  A pair of BNSF locomotives have exited Anderson's Tunnel at the Chamberlain Lake rest area and are about to plunge into the next one under my feet.
Photo Date:  7/15/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:13:58 AM
Location:  Lyle, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4899(C44-9W) BNSF 4699(C44-9W)
Views:  122   Comments: 1
On the move again
Title:  On the move again
Description:  BNSF 4012 and its consist have been waiting for a westbound to clear at Dougs Beach State Park. Now the lights are back on and the train is rolling east once more.
Photo Date:  7/15/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:14:01 AM
Location:  Lyle, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4012(C44-9W) BNSF 4699(C44-9W)
Views:  87   Comments: 1
Columbia River Gorge at Dougs Beach State Park - Washington
Title:  Columbia River Gorge at Dougs Beach State Park - Washington
Description:  The sun wasn't entirely cooperating, but, take what you can get sometimes.
Photo Date:  7/15/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:14:04 AM
Location:  Lyle, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4012(C44-9W) BNSF 4699(C44-9W)
Views:  104   Comments: 1
BNSF in the Columbia River Gorge
Title:  BNSF in the Columbia River Gorge
Description:  Rolling west away from Dougs Beach State Park.
Photo Date:  7/15/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:14:07 AM
Location:  Lyle, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4699(C44-9W) BNSF 4012(C44-9W)
Views:  86   Comments: 1
Columbia River Gorge
Title:  Columbia River Gorge
Description:  UP 4063 is absolutely dwarfed by the hills of the eastern Gorge.
Photo Date:  7/15/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:14:10 AM
Location:  Dallas, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4063(SD70M) UP 9632(C44-9W)
Views:  338   Comments: 1
Columbia River Gorge
Title:  Columbia River Gorge
Description:  A BNSF hopper train is eastbound at Horsethief Butte and lake. I waited a good half hour in 90 degree heat to catch this shot!
Photo Date:  7/15/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:14:12 AM
Location:  Dallesport, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6587(ES44C4) BNSF 7570(ES44DC)
Views:  126   Comments: 1
Columbia River Gorge
Title:  Columbia River Gorge
Description:  A BNSF consist is passing over the isthmus that separates Horsethief Lake from the body of the Columbia River.
Photo Date:  7/15/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:14:15 AM
Location:  Dallesport, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6587(ES44C4) BNSF 7570(ES44DC)
Views:  128   Comments: 1
Columbia River on both sides
Title:  Columbia River on both sides
Description:  A single helper brings up the rear at Horsethief Lake. In the distance, the dry hills of the high desert.
Photo Date:  7/15/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 1:14:18 AM
Location:  Dallesport, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6353(ES44AC)
Views:  113   Comments: 1


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