Winter view of railroad tracks passing through a rock formation known as The Needles in the Columbia River Gorge. Snow on the ground.

Winter view of the Columbia River and the Cascade Mountains of the Columbia River Gorge, taken from Bridal Veil, Oregon. Snow on the ground and railroad tracks in the foreground. There is a wooden structure in the trees near the tracks.

Stereograph of the west entrance to the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s Tunnel No. 3 on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, circa 1882. Items 2/85 and 2/86 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/86: "Tunnel No. 3, West Portal, Columbia River Scenery, Oregon."

Stereograph of the west entrance to the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s Tunnel No. 3 on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, circa 1882. Items 2/85 and 2/86 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/86: "Tunnel No. 3, West Portal, Columbia River Scenery, Oregon."

Stereograph of the west entrance to the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s Tunnel No. 3 on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, circa 1882. Items 2/85 and 2/86 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/85: "West Portal, Tunnel No. 3, Oregon."

Stereograph of The Needles and the railroad tracks of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, after the winter storm of December 1884 and January 1885.

Stereograph of Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. railroad tracks and The Needles, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, after the winter storm of December 1884. Items 2/101 and 2/102 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/102: "The Needles, Columbia River Scenery, Oregon."

Stereograph of Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. railroad tracks and The Needles, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, after the winter storm of December 1884. Items 2/101 and 2/102 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/101: "'The Needles,' View East, Cascades, Col. River, Or."

Stereograph of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s railroad tracks through The Needles, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, taken after the winter storm of December 1884 and January 1885.

Stereograph of view looking east down the Columbia River Gorge from the bluff over the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s Tunnel No. 3, circa 1882. Items 2/90 and 2/91 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/91: "Rock Bluff from over Tunnel No. 3, Col. River Scenery, Oregon."

Stereograph of view looking east down the Columbia River Gorge from the bluff over the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s Tunnel No. 3, circa 1882. Items 2/90 and 2/91 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/90: "Rock Bluff, from over Tunnel No. 3, Oregon."

Stereograph of Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. railroad tracks east of Oneonta Bluffs, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, 1883. Items 2/72 and 2/73 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph in 2/73: "Oneonta Bluffs, Cascades, Oregon."

Stereograph of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s railroad tracks and railroad car, east of The Dalles, Oregon on the Columbia River Gorge, circa 1882. The white cart on the platform behind the railroad car contains Carleton Watkins's photographic supplies.

Stereograph of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s railroad tracks between The Dalles, Oregon and Celilo, just east of Five Mile rapids, circa 1882.

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 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.

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

Duplicate of Stereograph 1264, on a different mount. Stereograph of Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad tracks west of the Middle Block House, also known as Fort Rains, on the Columbia River, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1264, on a different mount. Stereograph of Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad tracks west of the Middle Block House, also known as Fort Rains, on the Columbia River, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Stereograph view of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s Oregon Portage Railroad on the Columbia River Gorge, looking west, 1867.