up-2-8-8-0-in-the-blue-mountainshttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/up-2-8-8-0-in-the-blue-mountains/UP 2-8-8-0 in the Blue Mountains | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20171005.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2022-09-302022-10-2744127
The Union Pacific’s 3500-class 2-8-8-0s were often found lugging freights in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon. Here, No. 3532 pulls 70 cars of an extra freight upgrade west of La Grande, Ore., in July 1948.
Henry R. Griffiths Jr. photo