Video - BNSF & UP Meet in Vancouver WA

BNSF #4582 Meets UP #7772 in Vancouver, WA
by Tran77

Sit back for the next four minutes or so and check out the embedded video above. If you don't see it, click HERE to view directly in DailyMotion!

Chelatchie Prairie Railroad Project Advocates Hopeful

Chelatchie Prairie Railroad project tops commissioners’ wish list - Columbian.com

It's a story of the "Little Railroad That Could...if it had the infrastructure." Last year WARail reported on an article in The Columbian (article has since been taken down) describing the line as one worth saving. Advocates say the CPR can be beneficial to the community. Commissioners agree, but want the Temple family (who owns the line) to pony up more money to make it happen.

BNSF Sells Line to Port of Vancouver

View Port of Vancouver Map

The Port of Vancouver is enticing new business, and BNSF is going to help them with a sweet deal that was signed earlier this month. The Port will be adding multiple acres and several miles of track, thanks to a right-of-way sale and a big donation from BNSF to complete a slated program by 2017.

Details on the sale in this link.

Rail Grinder in Vancouver

BNSF LORAM Rail Grinder near Vancouver WA - 11/25/2008 from M FlightVids on Vimeo

Thanks for Meisterdorf for taking/locating this cool video of some equipment we rarely see on the railroads!

Foul Weather Rail Pic

©2008 Steve Eshom

Whoa! Check out the story about this photo HERE!

Streetcars in Vancouver WA?

Streetcars of the past in Hazel Dell's future?

Even parts of Vancouver WA are thinking of putting track in the ground! A lot of people come to the same conclusion: you can have utilitarian transportation options like more buses, but streetcars bring interest back to a community. It's noted, tried, true, and tested.

Bring `em on!