Western Railroad Discussion > Hyrail in the Deschutes Canyon and a Wishram Moment

Not much sun today, no rain either. But that made the hill above milepost 43.7 on the Oregon Trunk a nice place to just let the time go by, as in several hours. Spent a half hour talking to a fisherman that had been wading in the river without catching anything. Eventually this Hyrail showed up, followed by a southbound rock train. Unfortunately I missed the two morning southbounds by about 20 minutes and an hour or so. I've had worse days chasing trains.

After nightfall, a crew van driver reads the paper while waiting for the next call at Wishram, Washington. +/-3 stop in camera HDR made the tonal scale work out with this one.

Be safe out there -

- Kit

Kit Courter
Menefee, CA
LunarLight Photography



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/23/14 22:42 by CimaScrambler.

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That first picture is breathe taking

Jerry Martin
Los Angeles, CA
Central Coast Railroad Festival

Things got out of whack North of Madras on Oct 22nd when a undercutter "got hold of wires under the track".
Along with a work train. Trains were parked north and south bound until at least 6 pm (10/22) which probably didn't help today (10/23)

I suspect there is a big daylight work window in the Deschutes Canyon which would force the southbound PASBAR and VAWBAR to run earlier than usual.

Great pair.
JB

Nice shots Kit, thanks for sharing.

Kent in CArmel Valley

Incredible shots. The second one has quite a surreal quality to it.
Ironic that you talked to a fisherman who hadn't caught anything for half an hour: that's the exact same predicament you are in! (My father, who is very skeptical of my passion for trains, once said "Railfanning is just like fishing: it's boring and obsessive!") While I agree with the fishing metaphor, I agree with it in a different way.

Tor in Eugene

Don't know what's up there but down south they have everything tied up around Klamath Falls for tie and rail work all day so nothing moves after Amtrak and its after dark before the crew bus gets back to Chiloquin which is where they are staging out of.

You know, after 4449 gets put back together, do you not think it needs a break in run with some freight from Portland to Bend?

Tie work has progressed to the lake north bound and should continue starting Monday again. Crossing replacement is ongoing also north of Kfalls. Staging is out of Chiloquin where all of the track cars are in a siding.

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> That first picture is breathe taking


AGREED...!!!