Matt C. Batryn
South Junction, OR
The last year has been a rather rough one for me, and its been a while since I've been out shooting. I finally had some nice weather, and was feeling the itch to do some shooting, so took Friday off and spent a day on the Oregon Trunk. Not a whole lot went as planned (as it typical on the OT), but finally caught a southbound which made for a nice afternoon chase. Here BNSF 7931 leads a manifest south along the Deschutes River as they approach South Junction. The MRL unit third out was giving the crew plenty of trouble, dying numerous times on the climb up the canyon. Between North Junction (MP 75.4) and South Junction (MP 85.8) the Oregon Trunk (SP&S) and Deschutes Railway (UP) shared trackage due to the very rough terrain in this part of the Deschutes River Canyon.
South Junction, OR
The last year has been a rather rough one for me, and its been a while since I've been out shooting. I finally had some nice weather, and was feeling the itch to do some shooting, so took Friday off and spent a day on the Oregon Trunk. Not a whole lot went as planned (as it typical on the OT), but finally caught a southbound which made for a nice afternoon chase. Here BNSF 7931 leads a manifest south along the Deschutes River as they approach South Junction. The MRL unit third out was giving the crew plenty of trouble, dying numerous times on the climb up the canyon. Between North Junction (MP 75.4) and South Junction (MP 85.8) the Oregon Trunk (SP&S) and Deschutes Railway (UP) shared trackage due to the very rough terrain in this part of the Deschutes River Canyon.