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Union Pacific Railroad

 

In the yard at Hinkle, Oregon

Scene of the famous high speed "kick" of a tall gondola full of railroad ties. 

The gondola was much lighter after it stopped rolling!

 

A typical freight working on the Portland to Seattle run. 

This run though was not to be without incident.

We ended up tying the train down, a northbound Amtrak service stopped and picked us up. 

We then rode back to Seattle "on the cushions" at 10 mph because of the risk of fallen tress and landslides.

 

Approaching the Tacoma "Narrows" from the south

 

Underside view of the new, under construction and old Narrows Bridge, west of Tacoma, Washington. 

December 2006

 

Crossing from BNSF to UP tracks north of Tacoma with Mount Rainer in the distance

 

Rob Meyers

 

Kenny Boucher

 

Kenny in a classic pose watching the sunset as we wait for the road

 

Leaving Simpson Lumber on the Tacoma waterfront with approx. 3,000 tons

An image that was displayed on the UP web site

 

UP1996 under the sand tower at the Albina yard in Portland

 

Amtrak 119 at the Albina shops after an argument with a UP autorack

 

4449 Engineer, Doyle McCormack

 

UP1996 at Fife

 

Heading north at Steilacoom

 

Leaving Tacoma heading north

 

UP conductor Terry Waltman reporting for duty

 

Union Station 

Tacoma, Washington

 

UP engineer Alan Hanson (left) and visiting German engineer Dieter Sessler

 

Click here to see a video clip of the clean up from this Nisqually incident.

 

Four images taken by Trevor Bower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tacoma Narrows bridge 

May 2007

 

Southbound Amtrak passing the southbound UP steam passenger working

 

Amtrak steam loco?

 

Centralia arrival

 

Janet enjoying literally a once in a life time experience in the 21st century, riding in a UP dome car from Tacoma to Portland behind double headed steam power.

 

UP passenger train conductor, Reed Jackson

 

Sitting in the UP observation car chatting with Reed

 

Reed looking out upon our Vancouver arrival

 

The view north from the observation car as we crossed the slough between Vancouver and Portland

 

Backing through a tunnel on the approach to Portland

 

UP steam program general manager, Steve Lee

 

A brief look in the cab.  Thanks to Seattle pilot Andy Ison and engineer Lynn Nystrom

 

The other UP "Challenger"

 

Riding home northbound on Amtrak at the end of a great day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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