A colorful stack train climbs northward through the desolate lava fields between Hotlum and Andesite on the western flank of Mount Shasta. Lake Shastina is visible in the distance to the upper rig... (more)

A quartet of GEVO's work together to keep control of a heavy manifest as it snakes downgrade from Grass Lake towards Black Butte and eventually Dunsmuir.

On a scorching afternoon in Northern California, a northbound Z train headed for Portland, Oregon crosses the Salt Creek Bridge over a completely dried up arm of Lake Shasta, evidence of the sever... (more)

Assisted by a BNSF unit, a very late-running eastbound Empire Builder crosses Lake Pend Oreille approaching its station stop in Sandpoint, Idaho on a crystal clear winter day.

Despite most weather forecasts saying otherwise, January 2nd was a crystal clear day in the Idaho Panhandle. On this spectacular day, a westbound unit grain train rumbles across the Pack River Fil... (more)

Nevada Northern Railway's #93 emerges from the lower tunnel in Robinson Canyon above Ely. There is most likely a visitor running the locomotive as part of Nevada Northern's "Be the Engineer&q... (more)

Tier 4 on the point! A squeaky clean GE Tier 4 ET44C4 leads an empty grain train across Sand Creek in Sandpoint, Idaho on a beautiful fall day in the Pacific Northwest. Quite fittingly, the... (more)

Goooooood morning Donner! A short Z train eases down the east slope of Donner Pass, seconds from entering one of the parallel tunnels at Andover. Beautiful Donner Lake lies in the valley be... (more)

The deciduous trees are just beginning to show their autumn colors along Boyer siding just east of Sandpoint as a unit grain train rolls westward.

Passing beneath Highway 95, an eastbound Q train eases down the grade into Naples in preparation for a meet with a westbound manifest amidst a snowy North Idaho landscape.

A unit coal train kicks up powder along the chilly northern shore of Lake Pend Oreille in the Idaho Panhandle, nearing the end of its westward journey across MRL's 4th Subdivision.

This is why I love Idaho! On the day after Christmas, a westbound Centralia, WA-bound coal train rolls through a winter wonderland and over the frigid Clark Fork River just west of Colby on Montan... (more)

A southbound Z train banks through one of many tight curves along the Sacramento River just south of Castle Crags siding, with the spectacular Castle Crags visible behind.

Early on a June morning, a southbound manifest curves out along one of many lava flows in the area between Andesite and Hotlum, with Mount Shasta, the source of the lava, dominating the background... (more)

A short eastbound Z blasts through the dry powder at the east switch of Ramsey as a chilly November day draws to a close. The crew is just a few minutes into a long mostly nocturnal trip to Whitef... (more)