Two Union Pacific SD40-2s (Nos. 3303 and 3723) lead a westbound local across the eastern portion of the American Falls Bridge over the Snake River at American Falls, Idaho, on January 21, 2013.

Railway and four lanes of interstate 90--and the South Fork of the Coeur d-Alene River--share the narrow canyon west of Mullan in the Bitterroot Mountains, where a short westbound Kellogg Local dr... (more)

Small-town life in the tiny town of Mullan Idaho goes on uninterrupted as a pair of GP38-2's bring a short train of silver ore down the 3% grade from Lucky Friday mine, en route to Kellogg and eve... (more)

UP's eastbound Kellogg Local skirts the shoreline of Lake Coeur d'Alene, just south of Harrison, Idaho, moments after leaving the causeway and drawbridge across Lake Chacolet. This branch is in it... (more)

Welded rails sing ahead of the B39/B30-7A(B) leading westbound MRL train #91, crossing the Pack River Fill on Lake Pend Oreille and about to split a pair of GRS 2(a) semaphores. In less than 10 mi... (more)

BNSF 5073 leads a westbound train through Hope, ID on the Montana Rail Link. Following the locomotives are three Boeing 737 fuselages destined to Renton, WA. The aircraft originated in Wichita, KS... (more)

A pair of Union Pacific GP38-2's depart Sandpoint on a local with 5 empty flats.

BNSF 5808 and mate are DPUs on an eastbound coal empties unit train from Roberts Bank, BC headed back to the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. The train is on the Montana Rail Link which is used from... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific freight crosses the Snake River at American Falls, Idaho, on a cold January 21, 2013. An old abandoned powerhouse sits directly below the bridge amidst the frozen falls.

MRL 328 makes a rare appearance on the west end of the Montana Rail Link towing a work train out to Kootenai, ID near Sand Point for some fall track work.

The official low temperature the night before at Pocatello was -6°F, but it was even colder at American Falls, Idaho, the morning of January 21, 2013. A westbound Union Pacific freight crosses th... (more)

Icy cold American Falls Bridge: The official low temperature the night before at Pocatello was -6°F, but it was even colder at American Falls, Idaho, the morning of January 21, 2013, as an eastbou... (more)

Two workers watch intently as Loram rail grinder no. RG302 makes a pass on a curved section of track on the BNSF in Algoma, Idaho (near Sandpoint). Note the spare grinding wheels hung up on the si... (more)

UP 4671 makes quick work of Idaho's Reverse Hill. The "Ice Cold Express" was made famous on the History Channel's Extreme Trains....