DINA in the Gorge

    by Steve Eshom

    Railroads Illustrated magazine’s A Day in North America brings railfans all over the North American continent track side on a single day each year to capture railroading as it is. For my day I headed to the Columbia River gorge with the goal of photographing a couple of places I have never spent much time at. For the most part I was able to capture what I wanted however the right trains and the right light weren’t always at the same location at the same time. I guess that’s the challenge of railfan photography even when its not DINA.


    The DPU on a westbound grainer goes back to idle as 110 cars ahead the head end has passed an approach medium to east Bingen


    An empty grainer sprints between tunnels 5 and 6 east of Cooks

    As the day wore on rain showers became more regular and between about 2:30 and 4:30 west of Bingen it was pretty much a rain out. At 4:30 the skies cleared and the light was fabulous. I think the trains however were afraid of getting wet because they all ran away and hid. Such is life on DINA.

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    4 Responses to “DINA in the Gorge”

    1. Darryl says:

      I don’t quite understand what your caption to the grainer photo means, but I have to admire it all the same.
      Crewing a train like that one you must want to draw the best operators because what the front is doing doesn’t mean the same for the end-unit cars.

    2. Darryl says:

      One other thing: I’ve noticed your Google ads are bleeding over into your photos. FYI, they wipe out the left photo border.

    3. Steve Eshom says:

      My caption means the train is headed into the siding at Bingen and has just passed a signal indicating such.

    4. DINA 2009 Published! » Dogcaught: A Railroad Blog says:

      [...] of my photographs published as part of the 2009 “A Day In North America” feature.   That day was very enjoyable for me as I was able spend time exploring locations I don’t normally visit [...]

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