On a windy but sunny early spring day in the Pacific Northwest, CP's southbound "Royal Canadian Pacific" consist, pulled by a matching A-B-A set of F-units, soars high above the Snake Ri... (more)
A warm July morning finds the ML, MRL's Missoula to Laurel freight, descending the east slope of Mullan Pass over Skyline Trestle, referred to as "Austin Gulch" on track charts.
An MRL mid-train all-EMD helper set grinds up the final quarter-mile of the 2.2% ascending grade of Mullan Pass, emerging from the recently-shortened Mullan Tunnel and bringing a choking cloud of ... (more)
The final minutes of sunlight hit the rails in Paradise as an empty unit grain train begins its journey over Montana Rail Link's 10th Subdivision. In the distance, the Paradise Local is busy switc... (more)
Rolling meet in Marshall Canyon! As an eastbound manifest winds its way down past Queen Lucas Lake on the aptly named Lakeside Subdivision, a heavy westbound unit grain train slowly climbs through... (more)
Two GE's and two EMD's lead a long northbound empty grain train slowly across the gargantuan Joso Bridge, vaulting across the canyon of the Snake River on UP's scenic Ayer Sub.
A Portland-bound Q train approaches the western end of the Kootenai River Gorge just east of Crossport on a warm spring afternoon as the mountains to the east in Montana remain capped with snow fr... (more)
A single DPU pushes on the rear of a heavy westbound grain train as it crosses Latah Creek Bridge on the west side of Spokane. The head end of the train is already off the bridge and on the long c... (more)
CP 9713, one of the locomotives that has been used on the Holiday Train, leads a long southbound manifest across Joso Bridge on a windy spring afternoon.
Spring has just arrived in the Idaho Panhandle as an eastbound empty coal train approaches the east switch of Colby at the west end of the Cabinet Gorge. In the distance can be seen the Selkirk Mo... (more)
Twin GP40-2LW's lead the westbound Ayer Turn down the Snake River between Crum and Almota on a hazy late summer evening.
A westbound unit grain train heads along the shores of Lake Pend Oreille near Trestle Creek, Idaho at the end of a late winter day.
A westbound stack train climbs the grade from Latah Jct. up to Lyons, crossing Indian Canyon Bridge on its way towards Seattle.
A southbound potash train winds through the series of short curves near the north end of Palouse Canyon on UP's Ayer Sub on a windy spring afternoon.
The westbound Day Gas skirts along a mirror-like reflection pond just east of Plains, Montana on a clear summer morning.
