Lewis & Clark Explorer at Laurel Beach in Lindbergh, Oregon, in Fall 2003

Photo by Cliff West

To commemorate the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Oregon Department of Transportation operated an excursion train along the south bank of the lower Columbia River from Linnton, near Portland, to Astoria, near the site of Fort Clatsop, where the Lewis and Clark Expedition wintered over in 1805-06. The train ran for the summers of 2003 to 2005, making one round trip on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays.

Photo by Cliff West

My dad, Cliff West, took these pictures of the train at Laurel Beach, a Columbia County Park on the Columbia River in Lindbergh, Oregon, in the fall of 2003. The train is shown with all three of its former BC Rail Budd RDC cars.