Combining two trains, one from Potlatch, the other from Moscow, in the city of Palouse.

Jeramey commands the F and the 20 "sprint" towards Pullman; 30mph.

Vapor rises from Washington State Universities West Steam Plant into the frigid night. Now operating on natural gas boilers, there are many more heating nights ahead for the old, once-coal fired s... (more)

The most powerful moon of all: the Harvest Moon. Representing a successful and plentiful harvest in Norse mythology, it rises brightly over the harvested wheat fields of the Palouse region of Wash... (more)

Easing off Sunshine Hill and into the 10mph yard limits, the Southern Pacific unit F leads the way into Pullman.

Stan unlocks and throws one of the most important switches on the W&I. This switch can make a train go north to Marshall to the BNSF or west to UP via Ayer. Sadly, a bridge-out prevents the UP int... (more)

Its an uncommon day in Pullman. The Washington & Idaho unlocks the UP Junction switch to head west for the first time in a year. BNSF has called back 10,000' of well cars. The first 5,000' will be... (more)

The W&I rolls along the Palouse River in Potlatch, Idaho.

A big, black Cadillac rolls down the middle of the newly-repaved and re-railed Whitman Street.

The sky turns crimson over the Washington and Idaho Railroad's yard as their sleek Southern Pacific unit silently waits to be called into action.

Washingtion & Idaho train drifts over a trestle heading north after cresting the hill before Palza.

Washingtion & Idaho train heads north towards Spangle and eventually Marshal. I don't know if the engineer will ever see this, but is he does, I want to say thank you, he gave me one heck of a ch... (more)

Washingtion & Idaho train headed north bound towards Marshal.

Once the best connection between Pullman and Spokane, old highway 195 has surrendered its title and is now highway 271. Either way, the old rural grade crossing guards still stand tall after many ... (more)

The world reflects off Jeramey's glasses while he eases down the old F unit to a steady 2.9mph to grab a boxcar that BNSF wants back. A note on Mitch Goldman's comments on my last in-cab shot of t... (more)