Images of Rail Railroads of the Columbia River Gorge by D.C. Jesse Burkhardt

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RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Images of Rail Railroads of the Columbia River Gorge by D.C. Jesse Burkhardt Images of Rail Railroads of the Columbia River Gorge by D.C. Jesse Burkhardt Soft Cover 128 pages Copyright 2004 CONTENTS Acknowledgments6 Introduction7 1.The Early Routes9 2.Union Pacific Railroad27 3.Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway49 4.Mount Hood Railroad75 5.The Logging Lines91 6.Contemporary Operations113 COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE, OREGON AND WASHINGTON Before the rails were up and running along the stunning Columbia River landscape of Oregon and Washington, 19th-century westward travelers faced treacherous conditions. Many emigrants perished before reaching Oregon Territory. Only recently have railways bridged the wide gap formed millions of years ago. Today the gorge remains the major commercial route through the Cascades, and the tracks are a shining example of human engineering and a mecca for rail enthusiasts. Mount Hood, Union Pacific, and Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains seem to connect in a magical way with the land, blasting out of raw, rock-faced tunnels, gliding under bridges, snaking along the edges of towns and along the big river, always rolling somewhere distant, symbolic of our national connectedness-and our restlessness. Author D.C. Jesse Burkhardt is the editor of the White Salmon Enterprise, read more
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