On July 8 I headed to Biggs to pick up my wife and to spend a day railfanning. At Sandy just east of the Sandy River and Troutdale I caught up with an eastbound manifest.

I got ahead of it and pulled off and took this picture at Corbett. There is a place to park on the south side of the tracks. I got back on the freeway and beat the train to the park at the base of Crown Point. However the sun was wrong and the picture didn't turn out. Next stop was Multnohmah Falls.

I ruined my shot there by triggering the camer too soon but I did get this old Ford in the parking lot for the Scenic Highway. Anyone know what model it is? Next it was on to Eagle Creek Fish Hatchery and a bridge I had wanted to photograph for quit awhile.

I think it turned out pretty well. This location has several possibilities. I passed the train again somewhere around Cascade Locks and continued on west. Just before Crates (where the double track at The Dalles starts) I caught up with an eastbound garbage train.


During GorgeRail I had spotted a great location to photograph an S-curve in The Dalles. So I headed there and set up. The westbound manifest was a bonus.
The bridge in the background is I-84. There is a parking lot for easy access behind me.After picking up my wife we decided to stop at Celilo Park and let my grandson play in the river. While we were there several trains went by but the shots didn't turn out very well. This Tidewater Tug was headed upriver. When we left here we crossed the river at The Dalles and went back toward Portland on Highway 14.
This shot is from where Highway 14 crosses over the tracks a couple of miles east of Cooks Siding.

In Vancouver we stopped at the Amtak Station for a couple of hours. Here an eastbound garbage train leaves the Seattle Sub and enters the Fallbridge Sub. Hope you enjoyed the little tour.