The winter snow is just beginning to melt as four SD9043MAC's lead a northbound empty grain train slowly through the siding at Clagstone in preperation for a meet with a southbound freight.

With the Clark Fork River at an unusually low level following a long winter, three H3's lead an empty unit coal train slowly across the river approaching the west switch of Colby in the final minu... (more)

On a clear summer morning, an empty unit coal train charges east through the scenic Cabinet Gorge located on the Idaho-Montana state line.

An empty unit coal train on its return journey to the Powder River Basin rockets blasts through the autumn foliage east of Kootenai, Idaho, having just begun its trek across Montana Rail Link a fe... (more)

A crystal clear morning on Lake Pend Oreille greets a westbound unit crude oil train crossing the famous bridge over the lake between Sandpoint and East Algoma.

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)

Golden rays of sunshine have just started shining through the trees as the sound of a train approaching from the east echoes through the damp, cold woods near the north shore of Lake Pend Oreille.... (more)

After meeting Amtrak 27 at Wishram, an eastbound BNSF Z train cruises up the Columbia River in the golden early morning light approaching Maryhill, Washington with snowy Mount Hood visible in the ... (more)

As seen from atop a small rock protruding out of the manzanita growth, a northbound manifest freight is approaching the north switch of Hotlum siding while some 10,000 feet above, Mount Shasta hol... (more)

On a hazy August evening, an eastbound K train slowly climbs over the vertical curve at the summit of the Blue Mountains at Kamela. Despite brown skies from forest fires in central Oregon, the eve... (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)

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)

Twin GP40-2LW's lead the westbound Ayer Turn down the Snake River between Crum and Almota on a hazy late summer evening.

On a sunny Independence Day afternoon, a westbound manifest rumbles out of the Cabinet Gorge and across a fill between Heron and Colby on MRL's 4th Sub.

A trio of GE's with dynamic brakes roaring work to ease a long southbound BNSF Z train down the backside of Tehachapi Pass and into the Mojave Desert at Warren. Looking at previous pictures, the w... (more)