4449-844 Doubleheader at Kelso

Photo by Cliff West

These pictures were taken by my dad, Cliff West, at Kalama, Washington, on May 12, 2007. Southern Pacific GS-4 #4449 and Union Pacific FEF-3 4-8-4 #844 doubleheaded an excursion consist from Portland to Seattle in preparation for a Puget Sound Steam Special, an excursion train between Tacoma and Everett, Washington on May 19, 2007, to raise funds for the John W. Baringer III National Railroad Library at the University of Missouri in St. Louis. After photographing the train at Kalama, Washington, my dad proceeded north to Kelso to photograph the train under the Peter Crawford-Cowlitz Way Bridge.

Photo by Cliff West

It turned out that the train would end up stopping in Kelso, making it even later than it already was. I was chasing the train but did not stop in Kelso, not knowing that it stopped there.

Photo by Cliff West

As the train departed Kelso, it passed a southbound doublestack train pulled by a pair of BNSF Railway's General Electric 4,400-horsepower Dash 9-44CW locomotives. My dad didn't follow the train beyond this point, but meanwhile I was on my way north to Centralia, Washington, to see the train again there, as seen in this post.