SeanFKelly
Through the Wallula Gap
Few places seem to make trains look like small toys to the extent that the Columbia River does. Most railfans tend to concentrate on the Columbia Gorge (for good reason, the scenery is spectacular there). But over one hundred miles east of Wishram is the much less-photographed Wallula Gap, where BNSF's Fallbridge Sub parallels on the north and UP's Ayer Sub parallels on the south. A very brisk hike up from the car to the base of the Twin Sisters rock formation provided us with this view across the river as the regular eastbound morning Z-Portland-Chicago rolled through the Gap between Berrian and Yellepit.
Through the Wallula Gap
Few places seem to make trains look like small toys to the extent that the Columbia River does. Most railfans tend to concentrate on the Columbia Gorge (for good reason, the scenery is spectacular there). But over one hundred miles east of Wishram is the much less-photographed Wallula Gap, where BNSF's Fallbridge Sub parallels on the north and UP's Ayer Sub parallels on the south. A very brisk hike up from the car to the base of the Twin Sisters rock formation provided us with this view across the river as the regular eastbound morning Z-Portland-Chicago rolled through the Gap between Berrian and Yellepit.