Wintery Columbia River Gorge
Looking back from the sleeper on Amtrak’s westbound Pioneer reveals that we just passed a westbound Union Pacific freight train in Goff siding in a wintery... (more)

Having just met a freight train at Quinton, Amtrak's Pioneer blazes eastward along the Columbia River. Train 26's next station stop will be at Hinkle, site of Union Pacific's massive yard.

Train 26, the Pioneer, departs Portland for Salt Lake City. The train carried a through coach and sleeper for Chicago. Demolition of the depot yard is underway, and a sign advertises the condos t... (more)

Having just passed the NPSEZ at Meno siding, Amtrak's Pioneer blazes west through the Columbia River Gorge. Train 25's next station stop will be at Portland.

With the 1980s version of the Seattle skyline in the background, Amtrak's Pioneer gets underway out of King Street Station, bound for Salt Lake City and a Chicago connection.

The Pioneer heads west along the Columbia River on a summer afternoon.

The Desert Wind / Pioneer is heading up Utah's Echo Canyon early in the morning.

The eastbound Pioneer tiptoes through a derailment site on Union Pacific along the Columbia River. That is the east end of Burlington Northern's yard at Wishram across the river.

The last eastbound Pioneer rolls along the Columbia River. Someone in Seattle applied the "nose art" prior to departure that morning.

Neon in the Night

A Green Line train heading to the West Valley Central terminus on March 13th, 2015. As it approaches the Arena Station, it passes the venerable old Union Pacific p... (more)

Amtrak train 26, the Pioneer slows for its station stop at Vancouver, WA, passing BN's SW1500 of Frisco heritage (SLSF 326). The Pioneer had three more years to operate between Seattle, WA and Sal... (more)

Amtrak 's Pioneer overtakes a Union Pacific freight at Nolin, Oregon. The train offered coach and sleeping car service between Seattle and Salt Lake City over UP trackage. The freight features a v... (more)

The recently inaugurated 'Pioneer' train from Seattle arrives at the end of its journey approaching the UP station in Salt Lake City on June 18, 1977.

Independence Day '92 finds Amtrak's 'Pioneer' train No. 26 heading east through Mountain Green in Utah's Weber Canyon.

Eastbound Pioneer rolls though Laramie and its classic western style downtown.