I got an instant message from Steve right as I got to work saying “I brought my camera today, hint, hint” so I knew I’d have a companion for my lunchtime trackside visit. I headed down there around noon and arrived just moments before he did. As I pulled up I noticed a BNSF Special Agent parked near one of the spur tracks. I thought about going up and asking him for carte blanche permission to trespass but I’m not quite as arrogant as some other foamers I know.
Overall it was a relatively slow hour. MoW was doing maintenance on the Oregon Slough bridge which prevented anything from running north or south for the first 45 minutes we were there. They did run the southbound transfer up to the bridge and I shot him as he crossed over to Main 1:
After the transfer finally pulled south out over the Columbia River, the Frito Lay job came down Main 1 and stopped at the center (caboose leading) to wait to get into the yard. After about 5 minutes he got permission to head onto the yard lead and shortly after Amtrak 506 arrived. Unlike some Amtrak trains, the Cascades trains are often on time and today was one of those days… after completing the station work the train had to wait a couple minutes for an on-time departure.
As Amtrak departed, my departure time arrived as well and it was back to the office to try to get product out the door.
