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)

UP 8941 blasts westbound down past the fairgrounds with not a moment to lose.

After switching and interchanging cars with the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad in Sandpoint, Idaho, BNSF’s Sandpoint local heads back west toward Spokane at East Algoma on February 4, 2021. The lo... (more)

I first started chasing this guy on the Pocatello Subdivision. I was pretty happy to find out he was a Ogden Subdivision train. Since I was traveling that direction, and Ogden Sub trains are few a... (more)

St Maries RR on the way home from Plummer, crossing Lake Benewah on the former Milwaukee Road line, with former Milwaukee Road locomotives.

UP 5269 slowly makes its way east past the old water tank at Orchard. They are running at a restricted speed due to high winds generated from this summer thunderstorm.

UP 844 opens the taps with plenty of straight track to get into a groove. This "Northern" class locomotive was built in 1944 and has never been retired from active service. Her top speed... (more)

BNSF’s Sandpoint local meets a westbound BNSF manifest freight in the big cut on double track between Athol and Granite, Idaho, on February 4, 2021. The two loads were picked up Idaho Forest mil... (more)

BNSF’s Sandpoint local is passed by the DPUs of a westbound BNSF grain train at East Algoma, Idaho, on February 4, 2021. After meeting two westbound trains, the local will depart and cross the l... (more)

A 12-car Pend Oreille Valley Railroad freight heads west toward Sandpoint along the Pend Oreille River between Laclede and Dover, Idaho, on February 5, 2021. POVA operates this portion of the form... (more)

UP's Borah Local heads eastbound towards Pocatello after being overtaken by the MPDNP, blowing tons of carbon out the stack.

After meeting two westbound trains, BNSF’s Sandpoint local departs East Algoma, Idaho, and heads for the single-track bridge over Lake Pend Oreille into Sandpoint. Powering the eastbound local i... (more)

Defunneling the Funnel
BNSF’s second long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille at Sandpoint, Idaho, is well underway. Steel cylinders that will support the bridge are being welded together as... (more)

The Pend Oreille Valley Railroad turn operating to the BNSF interchange at Sandpoint is approaching the Syringa Heights Road grade crossing between Dover and Sandpoint, Idaho, on the morning of Fe... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad turn to Plummer, with eleven loads from the mills at St. Maries, trundles across a causeway along the backwaters of the St. Joe River west of St. Maries, Idaho, on the ea... (more)