Here’s a sneak preview of a slide show I’ll be doing this Spring for the chapter.  Location: Wishram, WA. The Spokane, Portland & Seattle RR built this bridge to access Eastern Oregon.  Eventually became key to the Inside Gateway to California, and now an important segment of the BNSF. That’s Oregon on the other side.  The river runs from left to right, and the impoundment is from the Dalles Dam, which buried Celilo Falls.  The falls was the site of historic fishing for the indians, using hand held nets, while standing on rickety platforms.

The train was Northbound now heading West for Vancouver, Washington, about a hundred miles downstream.  If you look close, you can see bridge pillars that could have allowed the train to swung to the right or East and enter Wishram Yard, or continued on to Pasco, Washington and points East.   – Gary Ostlund