Crawling up the Providence Hill grade a westbound Burlington Northern grain train is moments away from reaching the summit and it will be all downhill toward Pasco.

Class 18E Series 2, 18-663, is in charge of this grain train seen here passing through the remains of Beacon Hill Station. The train is en-route to Durban and is probably carrying a load of maize... (more)

The rock in the foreground shows why this town is called Sandstone. A large quarry once stood at this site, served by the Great Northern.

A loaded grain train is over the top of Mullan Pass and basking in the last rays of sunshine en-route to Missoula and points west on a cool Spring evening.

18-219 / 18-306 / 18-177 passing through the remains of Beacon Hill Station (just outside Estcourt) with a Durban bound grain train.

Loaded grain trains rolls west.

If you like Cascade Green and SD40-2s then this is the train for you.

On a rainy October day a BNSF grain train rolls through the fall colors near Coram, MT. The wet weather really helps make the fall colors pop.

Extra grain train on its way to Kansas City rolls westbound across the large bridge at Foster.

At 6:00PM The EWG is in the last hours of its day long journey from Cheney to Coulee City WA.

Westbound full grainer about one mile south of Ritzville, WA seen from a frontage road of US 395.

On what was a magnificient Saturday in Colorado BNSF 4701 with a loaded grain train in tow crests the Palmer Divide at Palmer Lake, CO and provides a nice reflection in the still, windless waters ... (more)

Illinois Central 1026, an SD70 leads a north bound set of light power away from setting out an empty unit grain train at the elevator in Tuscola, Illinois on this Friday afternoon. STEVE SMEDLEY ... (more)

A grain train passes through the town of Lyle (Adams) and will cross the Klickitat River bridge on its way westbound along the Columbia River on April Fools Day afternoon. ST RT 14 can be seen ab... (more)

A grain train slowly crawls across the 10mph track, the wind blowing the exhaust to the side. This is a much improved scene on today's DM&E.