The two Turns are swapping cars in Plummer.

Southbound CP grain train on the Spokane International.

Honorary steam locomotive. It was 18 degrees and the DPU on a southbound train has some sort of cooling system malfunction. I called it into the UP and shortly after I heard the crew call into d... (more)

Westbound coal train under the classic Northern Pacific signal cantilever.

The last day of trains using the original Northern Pacific bridge across Lake Pend Oreille. I understand trains were switched over to the new bridge on the 20th. I understand that the old bridge ... (more)

Westbound grain at Colburn.

Westbound Sandpoint Local at West Colburn.

Logging railroads on former Milwaukee Road rails with former Milwaukee Road roster. Worth the trip.

A BNSF coal train rolls past the Washington Idaho border with stormy skies in the background.

We had no expectations for train pictures at all when we decided to drive along Union Pacific's Ogden Subdivision. Just as we passed McCammon we saw a southbound sneaking on this line. Perfect tim... (more)

Westbound Z

Westbound manifest train meeting an eastbound empty grain train at Colburn, Idaho

Westbound Z train at Colburn, Idaho

America’s Resourceful Railroad: Parts of Milwaukee Road woodchip cars, rebuilt from old rib-sided boxcars, still lives on today—donating their car sides long ago for an unique retaining wall b... (more)

An eastbound manifest approaching Glenn's Ferry, ID