Snow is beginning to fly and obscures Sandpoint, Idaho, on the afternoon of February 4, 2021, as a westbound BNSF stack train off the Hi Line crosses the long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille and is ... (more)

A couple of Little Joes at the beginning of the Montana electrified Milwaukee mainline. A box-cab is hiding behind E-72. E-78 has the EMD cab, unlike the rest of the Little Joes.

It was a cold foggy night to be out, and UP's Hinkle to Pocatello manifest has nothing but greens and hard working engines to keep the crew inside nice and toasty as a bystander is standing by wit... (more)

DS had quite the mess on his hands with a MPDNP stalled due to a dead motor, who spilled enough oil that hazmat had to be called, and a flurry of westbound activity faced with one other eastbound.... (more)

A Westbound unit grain train is seen crossing the 4800-foot bridge over Lake Pend Oreille from Sandpoint into Sagle, Idaho.

A Westbound unit grain train is seen crossing the 4800-foot bridge over Lake Pend Oreille from Sandpoint into Sagle, Idaho.

An Eastbound intermodal train is seen about to cross the 4800-foot bridge across Lake Pend Oreille.

An Eastbound (track turns Northwest) intermodal train is seen crossing the 4800-foot bridge over Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho in the late afternoon light.

A Westbound freight is seen about to cross the 4800-foot bridge over Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho. The crane is in place building a parallel bridge to double-track the line and reduce con... (more)

An Eastbound tank train is seen just after crossing Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho. The widened right of way and the crane in the background are part of the ongoing project to double-track ... (more)

An Eastbound tank train is seen crossing Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho.

A BNSF local is seen waiting for a crew at Hauser Junction, Idaho.

WAMX 3525, a rare GP30, and WAMX 3532 had the yard duties today for Boise Valley. Once they had finished and tied up for the day, they were left here to rests until the action resumes the next day... (more)

WAMX 3828 is in charge of today's Boise Local as they rumble past the historic Boise Depot on their way to the Airport Maze.

UP 3095 has the lead duties on this westbound manifest throttling up out of the typical inversion conditions that are common to the Treasure Valley in the winter, but it certainly adds some charac... (more)