BNSF Columbia River Sub Trinidad Hill: Wind, Bees and Trains

Still practicing Social Distancing here in Washington State I thought there is no better place to do that and get some great rail action than the Trinidad Grade that includes a horseshoe curve.

A few miles east out of Wenatchee, the BNSF (the old Great Northern main) crosses the Columbia River just upstream from Rock Island Dam. At Albus (Columbia River Siding) the line begins the long climb from the riverbank to the Columbia Plateau. It is in this area that we find the Trinidad Loop (or Horseshoe), my favorite spot for pictures and video. The Old GN used a series of trestles to loop along the walls of the canyon to gain the needed elevation to reach the plateau. In the 1940's, the grade was realigned, and a large fill was put in place. This is a spectacular place to watch trains, either up hill or down. One can be surrounded on three sides by the same train.
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