The Empire Builder Portland section speeds through the east part of Vancouver on its way to towards its destination of Portland, OR.
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The first part of July has be quite busy for me and my family. Thanks to a vacation out at the coast, a picnic, and other miscellaneous activities I’ve been tied up with non-railfan activities which has limited my available time to write up blog posts. The good news is I’ll have a few more railfan activities though August and September so my posts should be more regular.
In the mean time here’s a couple of photos of an empty grain train from Rivergate crossing the Columbia Draw.
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On Sunday morning traffic was quite heavy despite the fact it was Independence day. Hopefully that meant crews were getting to work home for holiday celebrations. After consulting ATCS I headed out to Columbia Springs park to watch the Fourth of July parade of (3 westbounds and 1 eastbound) including the 4669 on the westbound Z-CHCPTL. Like normal when Amtrak is late the morning Z is out front. On Sunday Amtrak was around and hour down so not only was the Z train in front but so was a westbound V-HYDPTL.
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A north bound UP M-HKSE rolls north through Woodland, Wa. at the end of the day on May 16, 2009.
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I want to issue a 6″ correction to my June 13th post about high water on the Columbia River. I said…
Looking at the photos closely in February there were 13 1/2 courses on the pier between the cap and the water. Today there were only 9. Estimating a course at 18″ puts the river nearly 7′ higher than in February.
After measuring the courses on one of the piers next to 8th Street today I found out they are each 24″ tall which means the water was closer to 9′ higher than in February.
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