Traintime at Pine Grove

The Mt Hood Railroad runs south out of Hood River to Parkdale. These days the line hauls mostly tourists on a variety of excursions, but in years gone by it made money by hauling lumber products and fruit to the connection with the outside world in Hood River.

Though we frequently visit the folks in Hood River, this is the only time I've ever photographed a MHRR train out on the line. On this occasion we were on a cruise with the PT Cruiser club. We has stopped at the fruit label museum in Pine Grove, when I heard the unmistakeable growl of a working diesel locomote approaching. I scooted out the door in time to capture this image of the afternoon's excursion passing through "downtown" Pine Grove with Mt. Adams in the background.