Westbound Z freight on the long bridge over Pend Oreille Lake on the former NP line between Sandpoint and Spokane, known as the Funnel
Eastbound train seen on the east leg of the wye. The Pacific Extension mainline is seen in the foreground
The crew of this mixed freight train is almost off for the day, only a few more miles to Hauser Yard. Here's the same location in the... (more)
Eastbound manifest at Roland.
A westbound manifest is passing through Roland after exiting the summit tunnel
An ex-BN "tri-clops," a three-windowed SD60M, leads the Denver to Tacoma stack train over the Clark Fork River in the fading light of a mid-summer day.
As was standard policy on the Milwaukee, a speeder follows a westbound freight into Avery to watch for errant sparks that might start a fire.
Notice the flowers and lawn around the neatly kept white UP station at the end of the lonely Victor branch. Served by just a mixed train when I visited, only a year earlier there had been seasona... (more)
Brakemen chat as their eastbound and helper wait in front of Avery depot at dusk.
Milwaukee Road Little Joe has just cut off of westbound after helping it over St. Paul Pass.
A stack train heads East in the early morning.
BN 3121 West cruises by the BN Sandpoint Depot.
An eastbound coal empties picks up speed over a bridge.