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  1. Across the Baker Valley

    Across the Baker Valley

    On cold December morning UP's M-PCHK rolls west across the Baker Valley of northeast Oregon. As is typical for December in the valley, the wind is blowing around 30 mph causing drifts on the highways. No wonder this location is called North Powder!
  2. Follow the bird

    Follow the bird

    December 18th, 2007 MP 189 CN Watrous sub 12:24pm CN 357, 122 cars CN 2447-GT 6227 107 center-beams/13 tankers/2 autoracks When I turned on the scanner this morning, 357 was the first train I heard. Naturally I was sure I'd miss it, but a couple hours later he was still sitting in the...
  3. BNSF Through Blue Cut

    BNSF Through Blue Cut

    BNSF Dash 9-44CW #4565 leads BNSF/Santa Fe power on this eastbound steel train through Blue Cut in Cajon Pass in 2001.
  4. Warbonnets Heading Through Blue Cut

    Warbonnets Heading Through Blue Cut

    BNSF Red/Silver Warbonnet #738 west, a Dash 9-44CW, leads a JB Hunt TOFC train down the #2 main at Blue Cut on the Cajon Subdivision in Cajon Pass in 2001.
  5. BNSF Decends Through Blue Cut

    BNSF Decends Through Blue Cut

    Westbound BNSF Dash 9-44CW #4532 leads a TOFC train through Blue Cut in Cajon Pass on May 8, 2001.
  6. White Day in Blue Cut

    White Day in Blue Cut

    Santa Fe SD40-2 #5187 leads a westbound mixed freight through Blue Cut on a snowy day on the 1st Subdivision in Cajon Pass in 1987.
  7. BNSF Westbound through Blue Cut

    BNSF Westbound through Blue Cut

    BNSF Dash 9-44CW #4323 west leads its train through Blue Cut on the South Main #2 of the Cajon Subdivision in Cajon Pass in 2000.
  8. UP Wings through Blue Cut/Swarthout Canyon

    UP Wings through Blue Cut/Swarthout Canyon

    Union Pacific SD70M #4642 leads this container/double stack freight westbound through Blue Cut/Swarthout Canyon on the BNSF Cajon Subdivision in 2001.
  9. Blue Mountains of Northeast Oregon

    Blue Mountains of Northeast Oregon

    Eastbound at Nordeen.
  10. Blue Mountains of Northeast Oregon

    Blue Mountains of Northeast Oregon

    Eastbound at Nordeen.
  11. #3751 & the Employee Appreciation Special

    #3751 & the Employee Appreciation Special

    Former Santa Fe #3751 leads the westbound Employee Appreciation Special through Blue Cut on the Cajon Subdivision in 1992.
  12. " S " Turn

    " S " Turn

    UP Eastbound Stack Train
  13. New Warbonnets arriving on the 198

    New Warbonnets arriving on the 198

    New Santa Fe "Super Fleet" Dash 8-40BWs #503/#505 lead the 1-198-12 train through Blue Cut in Cajon Pass on their first trip west on October 14, 1990.
  14. Super Fleet through Blue Cut

    Super Fleet through Blue Cut

    Santa Fe GP60M #160 leads an A-A-A-A set of red/silver warbonnet power on this eastbound TOFC train through Blue Cut in Cajon Pass in 1991.
  15. Santa Fe Blue and Yellow through the Canyon

    Santa Fe Blue and Yellow through the Canyon

    Eastbound Santa Fe blue and yellow warbonnets, lead by SD40-2 #5185, grind upgrade with loaded autoracks through Blue Cut in Cajon Pass in 1986.
  16. VIA Blue Lady

    VIA Blue Lady

    One of 2 VIA E-8 ex CP 1800 & 1802
  17. Thomas? whats this?

    Thomas? whats this?

    I got a shot of this engin in a cosist but have no Idea what railroad it comes from
  18. NS 3395 - SD40-2 - M.J. Scanlon

    NS 3395 - SD40-2 - M.J. Scanlon

    NS 213, led by this ex-CR unit (NS 3395), pushes its intermodal train back into the west side of NS Forrest Yard in Memphis.
  19. BNSF9944b

    BNSF9944b

    BNSF 9944 leads a coal empty through "Blue Cut" between McGregor and Moody, Texas
  20. The stories this bridge could tell

    The stories this bridge could tell

    A BNSF empty coal train passes under Blue Cut Road and in what local railfans call "Blue Cut". This overpass has been in place for decades, seeing the likes of the Santa Fe Texas Chief, warbonnet PA's, F's, T&P 610 in American Freedom Train dress, bicentennial SD45-2's, SLSF 1522...


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