Nostalgia & History > Hold that Tiger - A Fall Saturday in the Columbia River Gorge

Long before Tiger King, BN 33 passes Horsethief Lake at the east end of the Columbia River Gorge. Many of the GP50s' noses were repainted into the 'whiteface' scheme not long after this. October 14, 1989.

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I liked the tiger stripes.

Great shot and scene.

The Tiger stripes really date the photo.

Reminds me of the three SD50's with tiger stripes, long story and not the same story, but they had stripes.
t4p.

+ great backdrop, nice light. You hit the Gorge at the right time;

++ SD60, agree with the comments below;



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/10/21 11:22 by TCnR.

Nice.  Still lots of open auto rack by that date.

Super scenic image.
Bob

Nice! Shades of paint schemes to come....

I believe they were SD60's and were EMD owned. I know the 8301 ended up in EMD maroon and silver demo paint. Before the Oakways. BN never had any SD50's
Steve

TCnR Wrote:
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> The Tiger stripes really date the photo.
>
> Reminds me of the three SD50's with tiger stripes,
> long story and not the same story, but they had
> stripes.
> t4p.
>
> + great backdrop, nice light. You hit the Gorge at
> the right time.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/09/21 17:28 by wpjones.

Very NICE!!

Larry

One of the best train photos I've ever seen...and I've seen a lot.

Adam

Thanks for an excellent and intetesting photo.  Having a B unit in a consist always makes for a great shot.
I too am surprised to see the open auto racks.  In '89 I was working on an NS switch job at the Ford Plant
in Chicago, and in my years there never saw one.  
Those bare hills in the scene are now likely covered with wind turbines.

Seventyfive Wrote:
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> Those bare hills in the scene are now likely
> covered with wind turbines.

Still bare. The National Scenic area continues to a point near Maryhill. After you pass Wishram, you begin seeing the great white weeds.

GB