A single DPU pushes on the rear of a heavy westbound grain train as it crosses Latah Creek Bridge on the west side of Spokane. The head end of the train is already off the bridge and on the long c... (more)

While dodging menacing cloud shadows, a northbound BNSF freight rerouted off the Inside Gateway slowly grinds up the grade between Andesite and Grass Lake beneath the incredible backdrop of Mount ... (more)

While driving through the tiny town of Plummer, Idaho today, I noticed that the St. Maries River Railroad's Switcher was in town, but that Union Pacific's Plummer Turn had not arrived yet (the two... (more)

A three mile hike through the forest and in and out of several deep ravines offers a view down on the most remote portion of UP's La Grande Subdivision. After a meet with a K Line stack train at H... (more)

On a surprisingly warm October day in the Blues, three SD70M's and a CSX ES44 hold back a heavy eastbound K train hauling primarily orange Hapag Lloyd containers as it drops downgrade into Pelican... (more)

A westbound work train is seen threading through two of the many tunnels in scenic Rainbow Canyon in southeastern Nevada between Etna and Stine.

Southbound Cascades #517 crosses Chuckanut Bay just a few miles south of Bellingham at the end of a beautiful spring day on Washington's northern coast.

My first visit to the Feather River Canyon ended up being quite successful, which was a nice mood boost after a less-than-stellar visit to the Shasta Route. I spent most of my time near the upper ... (more)

On the longest day of the year, a perfectly timed unit grain train catches the first minutes of light as it traverses the northernmost mile on BNSF's northern mainline. Here in the Kootenai River ... (more)

A quartet of GEVO's work together to keep control of a heavy manifest as it snakes downgrade from Grass Lake towards Black Butte and eventually Dunsmuir.

Nevada Northern Railway's #93 emerges from the lower tunnel in Robinson Canyon above Ely. There is most likely a visitor running the locomotive as part of Nevada Northern's "Be the Engineer&q... (more)

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)

Assisted by a BNSF unit, a very late-running eastbound Empire Builder crosses Lake Pend Oreille approaching its station stop in Sandpoint, Idaho on a crystal clear winter day.

A pair of Dash 9's lead a westbound unit grain train over the summit of the Rocky Mountains at Marias Pass, with the mountains of Glacier Park behind.

After several days of dark, cloudy weather, the sun finally came out and illuminated the scenic Columbia River Gorge. With the hills just beginning to show their springtime green, a westbound UP m... (more)