A BNSF grainer ambles north through the Palouse on its way to home rails at Marshall and thence to one of the Columbia River ports for export. These rails belong to the State of Washington and are... (more)

#6304 got all the limelight while #6311 remained sidelined while on the Washington & Idaho Railway. Looking more like it should have an IC "Death Star", it matched a business car on the... (more)

Ex UP B-40's at Rosalia, WA.

WRIX 2891 at Rosalia, WA.

DLCX 6410 at Rosalia, WA.

Bountiful Grain and Craig Mountain 1639 at Rosalia, WA.

Washington & Idaho SD9 WRIX 602 trundles north into Rosalia with 16 propane loads that had been stored on the line. Using former Northern Pacific trackage, the train has just passed under the Milw... (more)

Burlington Northern's Highball Local rolls southward underneath the abandoned Milwaukee Road viaduct in the fertile & dusty Palouse region of southeastern Washington.

The southbound W&I Highball passing under old highway 195.

Former CN FP9 painted in SP Black Widow scheme trailed by Ex CSX GP35 and ICG GP11 on a Washington and Idaho Railway northbound. The train is picking up empty container wells that were stored duri... (more)

A full moon, the Big Dipper and single street light bring to life a nocturnal scene along the Washington & Idaho Railway, depicting MRLX, the forlorn sister to famed "Black Widow" 6304, awaiting r... (more)

Broken under the stars. Sitting in the late evening warmth, the '11 awaits her day when she'll be working again. This trip to Rosalia shows the unit back together, but still no signs of mov... (more)

Sitting, still in disrepair and waiting for duty, 6311 keeps guard outside the old elevators in Rosalia. The setting sun, light pollution from nearby Spokane, and a single mercury vapour light pro... (more)

The Milwaukee Road, condemned to nothing more than a bike trail. One day, 30 years ago SD40-2s, E units, and the Hiawatha rolled over the mighty concrete structure. Jer and myself pause in silence... (more)

Where the derailment began.