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Viewing Album:  GorgeRail 2006
 
By:Keith Owen
Dates:5/18/2006 - 5/21/2006
Album Info:Photos from GorgeRail 2006 in the Columbia River Gorge and Portland.
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Narrow Passage
Title:  Narrow Passage
Description:  My son and I headed for the gorge and decided to stop by Vancouver Wye and chase the first eastbound. It turned out to be this stack train which was leaving just as we got there. The photo is at Eavan.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 2:48:33 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  269   Comments: 0
Gorge Peak
Title:  Gorge Peak
Description:  We beat the train to Cape Horn but I didn't have time to make the hike in to the tunnel so we headed on east. Took this picture at North Bonneville.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 2:54:21 PM
Location:  North Bonneville, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  307   Comments: 0
Cruisin'
Title:  Cruisin'
Description:  Caught up the stack train again at Home Valley.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 2:58:42 PM
Location:  Home Valley, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  BNSF 1077(C44-9W) FURX 7237(SD40-2) BNSF 6805(SD40-2)
Views:  869   Comments: 1
Waiting
Title:  Waiting
Description:  At Cooks the stack train pulled into the siding to wait for a westbound. We headed for Bingen.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 3:23:47 PM
Location:  Cooks, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  BNSF 1077(C44-9W)
Views:  572   Comments: 0
BNSF 2712
Title:  BNSF 2712
Description:  In Bingen we found a local holding the main for some switching.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 3:27:34 PM
Location:  Bingen, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  BNSF 2712(GP39-2)
Views:  544   Comments: 0
Making a pick-up
Title:  Making a pick-up
Description:  Here he leaves a couple of cars on the main while picking up a load of concrete ties.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 3:29:45 PM
Location:  Bingen, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  BNSF 2712(GP39-2)
Views:  631   Comments: 0
West Grain
Title:  West Grain
Description:  This is the train the stack was waiting for at Cooks. Here it is passing through Bingen on its way to Cooks after the local has cleared the main.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 3:39:00 PM
Location:  Bingen, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  307   Comments: 0
West Grain
Title:  West Grain
Description:  A lone DPU on the back of the grain train.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 3:47:21 PM
Location:  Bingen, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  BNSF 5282(C44-9W)
Views:  490   Comments: 0
West Grain
Title:  West Grain
Description:  The DPU on the westbound grain train going away with the local just peeking out behind it.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 3:50:00 PM
Location:  Bingen, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  BNSF 5282(C44-9W)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
BNSF 2712
Title:  BNSF 2712
Description:  After the grain train passes the local continues its work.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 4:00:30 PM
Location:  Bingen, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  BNSF 2712(GP39-2)
Views:  600   Comments: 0
West Manifest
Title:  West Manifest
Description:  We headed on east to the rest area west of Lyle to wait for the stack train. Here is a westbound coming out of Lyle.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 4:53:43 PM
Location:  Lyle, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  268   Comments: 0
East Manifest
Title:  East Manifest
Description:  At the same time this eastbound was passing Memaloose State Park in Oregon.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 5:01:29 PM
Location:  Memaloose, OR
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  241   Comments: 0
East Manifest
Title:  East Manifest
Description:  The eastbound train rounds the corner heading for Rowena and The Dalles.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 5:06:52 PM
Location:  Memaloose, OR
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  217   Comments: 0
West Manifest
Title:  West Manifest
Description:  Back to the westbound as it emerges from a tunnel. The railroad goes through 3 tunnels in a short distance here. One of them is directly under the rest area.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 5:12:18 PM
Location:  Lyle, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7035(SD40-2)
Views:  444   Comments: 2
West Manifest
Title:  West Manifest
Description:  Tank cars in the westbound manifest.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 5:16:55 PM
Location:  Lyle, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  256   Comments: 0
East Stack
Title:  East Stack
Description:  The eastbound stack train comes through the tunnels.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 5:31:52 PM
Location:  Lyle, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  203   Comments: 0
Into the Tunnel
Title:  Into the Tunnel
Description:  The eastbound stack train entering the third of the 3 tunnels.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 5:40:54 PM
Location:  Lyle, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  246   Comments: 0
Tight Fit
Title:  Tight Fit
Description:  Note how the tunnel is notched for the containers to fit.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 5:57:01 PM
Location:  Lyle, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  278   Comments: 0
Pacing a Stack Train
Title:  Pacing a Stack Train
Description:  Eastbound stack between Lyle and North Dalles.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 7:29:06 PM
Location:  Lyle, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  203   Comments: 0
Pacing a Stack Train
Title:  Pacing a Stack Train
Description:  The eastbound stack train between Lyle and North Dalles.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 7:34:03 PM
Location:  Lyle, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  220   Comments: 0
Splitting the Signals
Title:  Splitting the Signals
Description:  Since the stack train had a meet with an intermodal at North Dalles we beat it to Avery where a westbound manifest was waiting.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 8:01:10 PM
Location:  Avery, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  BNSF 1077(C44-9W)
Views:  473   Comments: 1
BNSF 1077
Title:  BNSF 1077
Description:  Close-up of the meet.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 8:16:44 PM
Location:  Avery, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  BNSF 1077(C44-9W)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
East Stack
Title:  East Stack
Description:  The third unit is still in Santa Fe paint. There is a free camping area here. No water. At some seasons it is only open to native americans.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 8:32:35 PM
Location:  Avery, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  BNSF 6805(SD40-2)
Views:  445   Comments: 0
Ready to Roll
Title:  Ready to Roll
Description:  The brakeman/conductor climbs back onto the westbound manifest as the last car of the stack train rolls by.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 8:41:08 PM
Location:  Avery, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  FURX 7215(SD40-2)
Views:  420   Comments: 1
West Manifest
Title:  West Manifest
Description:  The westbound manifest begins to roll.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 8:48:11 PM
Location:  Avery, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  FURX 7215(SD40-2)
Views:  460   Comments: 2
Wishram Yard
Title:  Wishram Yard
Description:  A westbound garbage train pulls through the yard (top) as the eastbound stack I have been chasing passes through on main 1 (bottom).
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 8:55:09 PM
Location:  Wishram, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  269   Comments: 0
Wishram Yard
Title:  Wishram Yard
Description:  A little closer shot with Fallbridge to the Oregon Trunk in the background.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:02:16 PM
Location:  Wishram, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  251   Comments: 0
Waiting
Title:  Waiting
Description:  We caught up with the stack train again at Maryhill where it had pulled into the siding for a meet.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:08:11 PM
Location:  Maryhill, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  208   Comments: 0
Waiting for a Westbound
Title:  Waiting for a Westbound
Description:  The stack train pulls up to the east switch at Maryill.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:46:49 PM
Location:  Maryhill, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  221   Comments: 0
Yellow Flowers
Title:  Yellow Flowers
Description:  We headed east along the old ROW and found these flowers beside the Columbia River just below the John Day Dam.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:53:02 PM
Location:  Cliffs, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  193   Comments: 0
John Day Dam
Title:  John Day Dam
Description:  They were dumping water over the spillways to flush the young salmon downstream.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:58:39 PM
Location:  Cliffs, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  254   Comments: 0
Heading East Again
Title:  Heading East Again
Description:  Just east of the dam is a pond with a boat ramp for fishing. The railings in the background are an access road to the dam.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 10:02:50 PM
Location:  Cliffs, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  217   Comments: 0
Heading East Again
Title:  Heading East Again
Description:  The stack train heads east past the John Day Dam and an American Flag.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 10:07:58 PM
Location:  Cliffs, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  BNSF 1070(C44-9W) FURX 7237(SD40-2)
Views:  530   Comments: 0
Farewell
Title:  Farewell
Description:  The train continues east as Bryan and I headed back to Maryhill.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 10:12:17 PM
Location:  Cliffs, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  189   Comments: 0
BNSF 6704 Leads an Eastbound
Title:  BNSF 6704 Leads an Eastbound
Description:  At east Maryhill we caught this manifest coming out of the siding.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 10:18:07 PM
Location:  Maryhill, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  BNSF 6704(SD40-2) CSX 8137(SD40-2)
Views:  758   Comments: 1
CSX 8137
Title:  CSX 8137
Description:  CSX is the second unit on an eastbound manifest leaving Maryhill.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 10:34:36 PM
Location:  Maryhill, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  CSX 8137(SD40-2)
Views:  531   Comments: 0
BNSF 4319
Title:  BNSF 4319
Description:  Back to the west end of Maryhill where we found this stack train waiting for a green.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 10:40:40 PM
Location:  Maryhill, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  BNSF 4319(C44-9W)
Views:  450   Comments: 0
BNSF 7874
Title:  BNSF 7874
Description:  The second and third units on the eastbound stack train.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 10:44:24 PM
Location:  Maryhill, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7874(SD40-2) BNSF 7881(SD40-2)
Views:  495   Comments: 0
Paused
Title:  Paused
Description:  The second and third units and a few Hyundai stacks.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 10:49:33 PM
Location:  Maryhill, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7874(SD40-2) BNSF 7881(SD40-2)
Views:  495   Comments: 0
East Stack
Title:  East Stack
Description:  A wide shot of the waiting train.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 10:53:35 PM
Location:  Maryhill, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  BNSF 4319(C44-9W)
Views:  438   Comments: 0
Storm Clouds Gather
Title:  Storm Clouds Gather
Description:  Looking across the Columbia River at Biggs while a thunderstorm builds up. The bridge is US 97.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 10:58:28 PM
Location:  Maryhill, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  163   Comments: 0
Mt. Hood
Title:  Mt. Hood
Description:  Looking to the west dark thunder clouds fill the sky with Mt. Hood silhouetted on the horizon.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 11:02:22 PM
Location:  Maryhill, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  186   Comments: 0
Deer
Title:  Deer
Description:  We decide to head for the campground at the mouth of the Deschutes River. However it was raining hard so we went up Moody Rd and found this deer.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 11:09:41 PM
Location:  Moody, OR
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  195   Comments: 0
Eastbound Manifest
Title:  Eastbound Manifest
Description:  An eastbound approaches Wishram from Fallbridge. Taken from the bluff above Celilo, OR.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 11:14:55 PM
Location:  Fallbridge, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  199   Comments: 0
Westbound Manifest
Title:  Westbound Manifest
Description:  A westbound Union Pacific manifest passes Celilo Park on the left and Celilo Village on the right.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 11:20:49 PM
Location:  Celilo, OR
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  272   Comments: 1
Across the Columbia River
Title:  Across the Columbia River
Description:  A westbound intermodal meets an eastbound manifest between Wishram and Fallbridge.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 11:27:26 PM
Location:  Wishram, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  180   Comments: 0
West Intermodal
Title:  West Intermodal
Description:  The westbound intermodal continues past Fallbridge toward Avery.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 11:40:02 PM
Location:  Fallbridge, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  160   Comments: 0
NS 9326
Title:  NS 9326
Description:  NS 9326 is the second unit on the westbound intermodal.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 11:54:16 PM
Location:  Fallbridge, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Locomotives:  NS 9326(C40-9W) BNSF 4624(C44-9W)
Views:  534   Comments: 0
Westbound Stack
Title:  Westbound Stack
Description:  On the Oregon side a westbound stack train cruises past Celilo Park.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/29/2006 12:02:19 AM
Location:  Celilo, OR
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  180   Comments: 1
Empire Builder
Title:  Empire Builder
Description:  The eastbound Empire Builder passes the wye at Fallbridge.
Photo Date:  5/18/2006  Upload Date: 5/29/2006 12:07:25 AM
Location:  Fallbridge, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
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Views:  210   Comments: 0

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