A colorful stack train winds downgrade through Cruzatte siding, deep in the Oregon Cascades.

Perfect timing: Five minutes before sunset, I watched with dismay as the sun dropped into a layer of clouds hanging along the horizon to the northwest. I had been hearing the sound of an approachi... (more)

An H1 Dash 9 leads an empty unit grain train upriver past the rapids below Kootenai Falls at Kootenai Falls siding.

After interchanging with UP at Plummer, STMA's Switcher descends across Pedee Trestle, the highest in-use rail bridge in Idaho, in the late evening light of a warm autumn day with empties for the ... (more)

An eastbound SPOLAU, pulled by an H1 Dash 9 and a trio of MRL SD45's, crosses the Pack River Fill along the north edge of Lake Pend Oreille amid a North Idaho winter wonderland.

On New Year's Eve, an H2 ES44 and a CSX AC44 lead a westbound unit grain train past a frozen backpool along the Clark Fork River between Noxon and Heron.

With the temperature lingering in the single digits on the morning of New Year's Eve, a westbound unit coal train flies across the Clark Fork River at Noxon, Montana beneath the formidable Cabinet... (more)

Amtrak's Coast Starlight blasts upgrade out of Tunnel 6 and through the north switch of Cruzatte, deep in the Oregon Cascades. The oxygen-thirsty trailing P32BWH is belching smoke as a result of c... (more)

BNSF 4444 leads a westbound stack train off the big fill and into the rock cut at Granite.

Just after sunrise, a northbound UP manifest steps out onto the massive Joso Bridge, soaring high above the Snake River. The line to Lewiston, ID, now operated by Great Northwest Railroad can be s... (more)

A westbound manifest grinds up the east slope of Mullan Pass into the upper of the Austin Loops at Iron Ridge on a crisp summer morning. The mid-train helpers are just barely visible in the distan... (more)

As the final minutes of sun shine into the Kootenai River Valley east of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, an eastbound manifest is crossing the meadow at Crossport at the west end of the scenic Kootenai Rive... (more)

With the sun just off the horizon, a Portland-bound Z train enters the Wallula Gap along the Columbia River near Yellepit siding.

Two SD9043MAC DPU's trail a unit potash train southbound around the big curve at State Line at sunset.

On a brisk autumn afternoon, a typical mix of power for the Can-Am Corridor leads a southbound manifest past the gravel pit at Clagstone.