A lone GP 39-3 sitting on a Sunday in Oakesdale, WA on the former NP Highball line.

A lone GP 39-3 sitting on a Sunday in Oakesdale, WA on the former NP Highball line.

Washington & Idaho SD9 602 has 16 loads of propane and a buffer car under control as its train circles around a wheat field east of Oakesdale, WA. Fall is beginning to bloom along this former Nort... (more)

Washington & Idaho's northbound train rolls be the old mill at Oakesdale, WA with a train load of propane tank cars headed to Marshall, WA. As can be seen from the front of the SD9, some foliage i... (more)

The Washington & Idaho operates a former Northern Pacific/Burlington Northern branch south from Marshall, WA near Spokane through the Palouse country to Harvard and Moscow, ID. The line undulates ... (more)

WRIX 602 leads its Washington & Idaho train north through wheat fields near Oakesdale, WA. Today's train is carrying propane loads with a covered hopper buffer. It will make it as far as North Pin... (more)

Washington & Idaho SD40-2 WRIX 3000 and SD9 WRIX 602 lead a train load of propane cars through Oakesdale, WA past the historic mill there. At 10 mph, the train's crew will spend a full work day ge... (more)

BGCM 1639 approaches the highway 27 crossing in Oakesdale, Washington.

One of the few times in my life where any living creature has found me more interesting than a passing freight train.

Burlington Northern split pea soup. Behind the power rolls a load of dried peas heading out of the Palouse.

With Stan working on the F unit, Jer has to switch himself around the elevators of Oakesdale for a little while.

Working inside the heart of a magical machine. Not too often does any railroader get a chance to work fully inside an enclosed locomotive. Let alone an F unit. The covered wagons are a thing of ye... (more)

One of the grain elevators in Oakesdale towers above the 316 in the late afternoon sun. The railroad moves a large amount of grain traffic out of Oakesdale, reflecting the agricultural traffic tha... (more)

A beautiful fall day on the Palouse. The 16 won't have to run solo much longer. It will need to switch the grain loading facilities in Oakesdale before picking up more power. From here, it'll grab... (more)

The king of the line, from a dynasty of railroading, Jeramey works his magic on the '16. The '04 and 20 off to the left will be MUed with the '16 to pull a mixed grain and pea train north to inter... (more)