Western Railroad Discussion > A few hours in the Gorge back in August

Found a few minutes to collect thoughts from my numerous trips in the last few months.
Usually, in August, I manage a weekend somewhere in the PNW....this year?... I managed a few hours in the Columbia Gorge.
1. A manifest, WB through the classic tunnel at Lyle, WA
2. Amtrak, #27, the Spokane to Portland section of the Empire Builder, easing out of Wishram
3. Westbound UP stack train, on the OR side of the Columbia at Celilo, OR. You can barely make out the lone DPU in the back, having just crossed the Deschutes River outlet into the Columbia
Lothar
Corinth, TX

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4. Loaded grain heading down the Columbia at Avery, WA
5. Same grain train taking the siding at Lyle, WA
6. I assume BNSF 5653 is low on hours, that one grain overtakes another here at Lyle
Lothar

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7. BNSF 5653 continues west with the loaded grain, seen here near Bingen, WA
Lothar

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NICE set of pics!!!! Thanks for sharing.

thanks L for my gorge fix ... nice photos ... just like sugar bear use to say about sugar crisp ... i can't get enough of the gorge

NICE photos!! #2 shows a bit of the new passenger platform at Wishram, I haven't been up there since
it was finished. Arlen