Western Railroad Discussion > Port of Longview WA rail terminals

A couple of weeks ago, on my way to family outing on the Oregon Coast, I spent a little while taking another look a the rail/ship terminals at Longview WA, on the Columbia River. 

1) Here's the Bridgeview Terminal operated by International Raw Materials
2) Wind Turbine Kits, looks like there destination will be via trucks. 
3) An LTEX lease unit resting between assignments. 

Steve Carter
Gig Harbor, WA
My Photography

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4) The Export Grain Terminal (EGT).  A sceniced Plywood Pacific model RR. 
5) Another portion of the EGT, with an empty getting ready to depart.
6) The empty on it's way out of town.   Engineer had a difficult time getting the locomotives to do more than 5 mph.  Called BNSF Mechanical and they worked on the problem for a few minutes and the engineer was left to check on something.  He called back and explained he'd figured out the problem.   Still in low speed mode for working through the grain terminal. 

Steve Carter
Gig Harbor, WA
My Photography

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7 & 8) These are from about 3 years ago, taken from river side. 

Steve Carter
Gig Harbor, WA
My Photography

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Could the Wind Turbine Kits be fresh off a ship, waiting to be loaded onto a train?

Really great pics Steve.  You ilustrate the power of perspective with your drone very well!

Jerry
ATSF5669

very interesting and informative images.

thanks for posting...........

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Looks like an old Nathan M5 horn on 2377. Great coverage!
Regards, Jim Evans

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> Could the Wind Turbine Kits be fresh off a ship,
> waiting to be loaded onto a train?

Yes.  I have seen shiploads several times now, they bring whole towers from China IIRC.  Includes blades and power heads.

Robert

Awesome shots!

Nice pics!!  I REALLY like Pic 8!!