Last Light. The shadows are growing long as a short northbound manifest blasts up the final miles of the grade between Cougar and Grass Lake in the final minutes before the sun drops below ... (more)

During 2012, Canpotex's fleet was pushed to the limit, and in order to make up for the shortage, Potash Corp. cars were temporarily added to the pool, providing a rare opportunity to see unit trai... (more)

A quick drop into Palouse Falls on a return trip from a spring break in Oregon allowed us to get a shot of a southbound Boardman coal train dropping down the Palouse River Canyon. The train is goi... (more)

Two GE's and two EMD's lead a long northbound empty grain train slowly across the gargantuan Joso Bridge, vaulting across the canyon of the Snake River on UP's scenic Ayer Sub.

A pair of SD9043MAC's lead a northbound manifest out of Tunnel 10 and into the scenic Palouse River Canyon. In just a few seconds, the train will enter into the next tunnel, which will be followed... (more)

On my favorite stretch of mountain railroad in the country, a former "Pepsi Can" P32-8BWH leads Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight past the former location of Cougar siding on the ex-So... (more)

Back in the days when matched sets of UP SD90's were common sight on the Washy, a southbound manifest emerges into a break in the clouds as it rolls across the massive Joso Bridge on a windy Septe... (more)

The Rathdrum Prairie is a small but rich region of agriculture nestled between Coeur d' Alene, Idaho and Spokane, Washington. A wide variety of different produce comes from the prairie, and althou... (more)

With the formidable Mission Mountains dominating the horizon to the east, four SD40-2's lead the westbound Night Gas along the tranquil waters of the Flathead River in the fading evening light jus... (more)

One of my favorite experiences of my recent California trip was at a vantage point high on the rocks to the northeast of the famous Keddie Wye. Just after 8 A.M., UP's Canyon Crawler eases out ont... (more)

The Malt Job rolls across the Missouri River bridge at Rainbow Falls on its return trip into Great Falls.

Sunlight has just began shining into the Columbia River Gorge at the start of a summer morning as an eastbound garbage train rolls past the small village of Maryhill, with snow-capped Mount Hood t... (more)

Now THIS is aerial photography! While on the final approach to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on an Alaska Airlines flight from Reno, we were just exiting a low arc over downtown Seattle whe... (more)

Early bird gets the worm! Waking up at 4 A.M. followed by an hour drive north yielded a shot of the Phase IV Heritage Unit leading a late Empire Builder across Lake Pend Oreille as morning ... (more)

Two Gevo's lead an eastbound intermodal down the Columbia River past the Rock Island Dam approaching Albus, where the train will begin its climb up Trinidad Hill.