Mornings in the Palouse are well-known for the interplay of light and shadow amongst the hills that so readily identify the region. Incomprehensibly vast acreages of cultivated fields supply the ... (more)

Breakfast of champions: Engineer Larry concentrates on the picture in the mirror as he runs long hood forward south towards Willada. His preferred snack of chips and Tabasco, visible perc... (more)

At the end of a foreshortened day the PCC job with only nine cars from Winona rolls through Hooper, where the striped field in the foreground has been cultivated to to match the arc of both the PC... (more)

A pack of cattle flee away from the tracks as GP30 3004, wearing the stylized PCC "graffiti" logo over old Ohio Central colors, and GP35 3651 in actual PCC paint trundle past the two elevators in ... (more)

After arriving at Endicott the day before with the 3651 in the lead, PCC engineer Larry wanted to make the morning run to Mockonema with 3004 on the point. Once the 3651 had been set over to the ... (more)

"Hey Rex, where's the 5012?" "Over Thera." // The PCC's lone GP50, built for the C&NW in 1980 and now owned by Webb Asset Management, is shut down on the elevator track at Thera, snoozing away on ... (more)

On a quiet Sunday in the heart of Washington's Palouse region, PCC 2353 and BAR 360 are parked at the grain elevator at Sunset, near the end of the PCC's PV Sub. In two days, a PCC crew will take... (more)

The old Palouse River & Coulee City won't wear this name for too much longer. Stan is annoyed with this photographer tagging these shots as "PCC", not "W&I". Nothing a little spray paint won't fix... (more)

Global Warming??? It sure doesn't look like June 10th as the PCC switches cars at LaSalle in a raging snow storm. Some parts of Montana received 18+ inches of snow on this day.

The 4204 jumps into run-8 while crossing over Viola Road to go up the final grade to Palouse.

Its a busy time on the Washington & Idaho. Over in Moscow, the demand for fertilizer is so high they need to run two trains each week from the north. PCC 4204 heads north today with a string of em... (more)

Haze from the just started 4204 drifts over the other two units in the consist, including an ex VIA Rail FP9. The 4204 has been purchased by W&I, but has not been repainted yet.

The sun is setting on the Palouse. PCC 4204 is stranded between Pullman, WA and Moscow, ID with an axle on the ground.

Helpless and derailed, PCC 4204 has been sitting here for over two weeks after it was derailed by snow. The last axle fell off the track after being lifted off the rails and put on the ground. The... (more)

The Blue Mountain Railroad's Hooper Turn does some work around Port Kelley.