It’s January 28, 2020, and light snow dusts the scene as a westbound BNSF coal train enters double track at East Algoma after crossing the long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille across from Sandpoin... (more)

Is this Kansas or Idaho? Well, I'll just spill the beans - it's Idaho. But it could just as easily be Kansas with a BNSF S-train, as, for some reason, a BNSF ES44C4 leads Union Pacific's Global 4,... (more)

Nestled in the Rocky Mountains along the St. Joe River, the scene of the Milwaukee Road at Avery Idaho during its last full year of operation. The substation has ceased generating electricity sin... (more)

On a wintery January 28, 2020, BNSF’s Sandpoint local led by EMD SD60M No. 1412, rolls eastward toward the E. Dufort Road grade crossing at Algoma, Idaho.

A study in the EMD SD70. Four different SD70 variants (SD70M, SD70ACe, SD70AH, SD70ACe-T4), plus a CSX interloper, feature on the head end of UP's Ogden, UT to Portland, OR manifest, with the snow... (more)

Union Pacific SD70AH's 8923 and 9086 rumble across the American Falls bridge.

After banging around cars in the middle of Burley, Idaho for a considerable time. The Eastern Idaho Burley local speed off for the Southern edge of town with these five mechanical refers.

I've been really wanting to get some shots of the Eastern Idaho in action. I ended up in American Fall with a UP train Saturday morning. I decided to drive another 40 miles in hopes the Eastern Id... (more)

Doesn't hurt to ask. I saw this Eastern Idaho GP35 sitting inside this industry, all fence in with lots of no trespassing signs. It was nicely positioned with the sun, with all it's lights on. I r... (more)

Union Pacific has delivered a monstrous train to the Eastern Idaho Railroad in Rupert. To give you an idea, UP brought the cars in with six locomotives from the main line at Minidoka, Idaho down t... (more)

I drove over to Burley, Idaho. with the hope of seeing a Eastern Idaho Railway train. I lucked out and stumbled upon a train. They were using a Helm leasor HLCX 3835. They are a Watco (WAMX) owned... (more)

UP 5485, 6347, and 7266 roll across the American Falls Bridge. The American Falls dam is behind the bridge.

EIRR's Rupert Job works the yard in northeast Rupert, putting out a hefty amount of smoke behind a pair of ex-Amtrak GP40s. The leader was built for NYC in the 1960s.

BNSF 8026 poses at Homestead Rd., just west of Granite, ID. The train is parked on the BNSF funnel double track and will soon be overtaken by another westbound grain train. There appeared to be no... (more)

BNSF 8026 and 3874 take advantage of the double track on the "Funnel" allowing 3874's grain train to overtake 8026's. Grain train activity appeared to be quite heavy in the Pacific North... (more)