Stereograph of the interior of Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s Tunnel No. 3 on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, 1883. Items 2/88 and 2/89 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/89: "Interior Tunnel No. 3, Columbia River Scenery, O'gn."

Stereograph of the interior of Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s Tunnel No. 3 on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, 1883. Items 2/88 and 2/89 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/88: "Interior Tunnel No. 3, Oregon."

Stereograph of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s railroad bridge over Hood River, circa 1883. Items 2/82 and 2/83 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/82: "Hood River Crossing, Columbia River Scenery, Oregon."

Stereograph of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s railroad bridge over Hood River, circa 1883. Items 2/82 and 2/83 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/83: "Hood River Crossing, Oregon."

Stereograph of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s Tunnel No. 3 on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, 1883

Stereograph of a tooth bridge along the Columbia River Gorge.

Stereograph of a distant view of Castle Rock, also known as Beacon Rock, taken from the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co's railroad tracks east of Castle Rock, 1883.

A railroad track crosses the creek at Oneonta in the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.

Bridal Veil bluffs on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.

Boudoir card of the Bridal Veil Bluffs during the winter of 1884-1885. There is a railroad track at the base of the bluffs. The area is covered in snow.

View of railroad tracks passing through the rock formation known as the Needles on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.

View of railroad tracks passing through the rock formation known as the Needles on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.

Boudoir card of an Oregon Railway and Navigation Company relief train passing through The Needles rock formation in the Columbia River Gorge on the Oregon side during the winter of 1884-1885. Three men stand beside the train.

View of railroad tracks passing through the rock formation known as the Needles on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.

A steam locomotive on the railroad tracks at Bridal Veil on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.

Boudoir card of the Oneonta Bluffs, Columbia River Gorge, during the winter storm of circa 1884-1885. Two men stand on the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company's railroad line, after snow removal.

Men at work clearing snow from the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company’s railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885. The Oneonta Bluffs rise in the background. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.

Boudoir card of men at work clearing the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company's railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885.

Boudoir card of men at work clearing the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company's railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885.

Boudoir card of men at work clearing the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company's railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885.

Men at work clearing snow from the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company’s railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884 – 1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.

Boudoir card of men at work clearing the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company's railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885.

Men at work clearing snow from the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company’s railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884 – 1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.

Stereograph of workers clearing the Oregon railway & Navigation Co's railroad track on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, after the winter storm of December 1884.

Stereograph of construction materials at the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s Bonneville Station for the building of railroad bridges, circa 1882.

Stereograph of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s railroad bridge at Oneonta Falls during the winter storm of December 1884 and January 1885.

Stereograph of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s railroad tracks past Bridal Veil Bluffs, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, taken after the winter storm of December 1884 and January 1885.

Stereograph of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s Bonneville Station, Bonneville, Oregon, circa 1882