Nomad of Mid-America
Like Sewing a Sweater
BNSF's Fallbridge Subdivision is like a thread and its trains are the needle. Through much of the Columbia River Gorge, the railroad weaves along the waterway's north bank and punches through solid basalt cliffs in 12 short tunnels, often in quick one-after-another succession, as fast-paced trains maintain high speeds and dodge their way between sidings in a well-choreographed effort required to keep things fluid on this high-density corridor. BNSF 8457 and the H AUBPAS3 27A under its control are sewing the needle on this spectacular morning, ducking out of Tunnel 2 and rounding the sweeping curve approaching Tunnel 3 near Cook, WA, with 125 cars on the drawbar including a healthy cut of one of the PNW's main exports riding the head end. The Empire Builder James J. Hill built himself quite the railroad in the Spokane, Portland, & Seattle when he connected Pasco and Portland in the first decade of the 20th Century. 115 years later, the empire's vitality is as strong as ever.
Like Sewing a Sweater
BNSF's Fallbridge Subdivision is like a thread and its trains are the needle. Through much of the Columbia River Gorge, the railroad weaves along the waterway's north bank and punches through solid basalt cliffs in 12 short tunnels, often in quick one-after-another succession, as fast-paced trains maintain high speeds and dodge their way between sidings in a well-choreographed effort required to keep things fluid on this high-density corridor. BNSF 8457 and the H AUBPAS3 27A under its control are sewing the needle on this spectacular morning, ducking out of Tunnel 2 and rounding the sweeping curve approaching Tunnel 3 near Cook, WA, with 125 cars on the drawbar including a healthy cut of one of the PNW's main exports riding the head end. The Empire Builder James J. Hill built himself quite the railroad in the Spokane, Portland, & Seattle when he connected Pasco and Portland in the first decade of the 20th Century. 115 years later, the empire's vitality is as strong as ever.