During our day on Providence Hill the clouds rolled in. Unfortunately the next day they were still around only now they were producing rain. Goody, nothing like railfanning in the rain. Our group headed over to Plymouth where we spent some time on the bluffs above McNary dam. After a few trains there we headed west to Paterson to hang around the bridge at Glade Creek and explore the scenery there. After watching an eastbound Z and westbound manifest pass we moved on to Roosevelt.
After a few hours in the rain at east Bates we moved on west to Maryhill, North Dalles, and Lyle eventually landing on the rock bluffs east of the rest area. From these bluffs I captured one of my favorite fall colors photos of the trip, a photo of the Z-CHCPTL crossing the causeway west of Lyle amid the fabulous fall colors of the central Columbia River gorge.
After realizing the usual pile up for Amtrak and the evening Z train was going to shut down the Fallbridge sub west of North Dalles we moved ahead to St. Cloud crossing for both trains and a westbound manifest that was relieved with Mad Dog’s “girlfriend’s” . In the low light I captured the guys and two visitors from the east photographing the Z.
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