The Portland-Seattle Vans has crested the grade near Encina, OR, but there are more ahead in the Blue Mountains for this quartet of SD40, 40-2s. CNW 6922, third out, was one of only two SD40-2s to... (more)

The premier power of the era, four SD40s lead the Portland/Seattle Vans (symbol PSV) up the steep grade out of the Snake River valley into the Blue Mountains near Encina, OR.