BNSFF 5623 E/B mixed freight climbing the grade just east of Sprague, WA on September 29, 2024 with BNSF 1119 & 7698. This curve is elevated to the west. There was a large cut of Sierra Pacific fi... (more)

Sunshine In Sprague | An eastbound train of empty grain hoppers rolls through the town of Sprague, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Subdivision under the morning light of a sunny Friday, September 2... (more)

Sprague From A Distance | Looking east towards the town of Sprague, WA, a westbound train of coal from Wyoming's Powder River Basin is seen making its way along the BNSF Lakeside Subdivisio... (more)

Westbound grain train approaching Sprague, WA.

Westbound Z train approaching Sprague, WA.

Earlier in this day, I got this train crossing the somewhat more impressive Lake Pend Oreille at MP 4.5. Now, nearly 4.5 hours later the train is at MP 45 along Sprague lake, just outside the tiny... (more)

A westbound Z train on the Lakeside Sub approaching Sprague, WA.

BNSF 4896 leads a manifest from Pasco, WA east toward Spokane at Fishtrap, WA near Sprague.

A tied down local at Sprague, WA on the Lakeside Subdivision on 3.21.20.

A BNSF coal train passes a tied down local at Sprague, WA on the Lakeside Subdivision on 3.21.20.

A eastbound empty coal train east of Sprague on the Lakeside Subdivision.

“Seven Up, Sun Down” ~ She’s quickly pulling the horizon over her sleepy eye while seven “ecomagination” motors seem to steam upgrade, sweating swirling heat into the brisk butterscotch ... (more)

CREX 1308 gives a shove on a westbound oil train as it passes an eastbound grain empty at Lamphier siding east of Sprague, WA. The BNSF conductor from the grain train may get a little wet before h... (more)

BNSF 7052 and a UP SD70M lug a double stack train up the grade out of Sprague, Washington. This area is being transformed to double track over the next two years.

BNSF 1453 accelerates a work train out of Sprague, WA towards Ritzville. It started at a ballast pit at Fishtrap and has just added a spreader and end loader at Sprague. This activity is tied to t... (more)