The Aurora Borealis! For years I've waited to see it, spending hours on "Aurora tracking" websites in hopes of there being an Aurora storm at the right time and with clear skies. Finally, o... (more)

Under a crystal clear early autumn sky, an evening northbound manifest crawls flies high over the Snake River on the massive expanse of Joso Bridge, preparing for a meet with a southbound at Joso ... (more)

A CREX leaser leads an eastbound freight up the Columbia River on a gorgeous spring morning with a very snowy Mount Hood rising high above to the west.

After several days of dark, cloudy weather, the sun finally came out and illuminated the scenic Columbia River Gorge. With the hills just beginning to show their springtime green, a westbound UP m... (more)

As its long journey over the Oregon Trunk comes to a close, the full length of this northbound freight is seen slowly rolling away across the Celilo Drawbridge as the train approaches the yard at ... (more)

A westbound work train is seen threading through two of the many tunnels in scenic Rainbow Canyon in southeastern Nevada between Etna and Stine.

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)

A westbound Z train threads through three tunnels simultaneously (and is about to enter a fourth) along the north side of the Columbia River west of Lyle on a stormy day in the Columbia River Gorg... (more)

A northbound Oregon Trunk manifest drops down towards the Columbia River as it emerges from the tunnel below Moody. Within a few minutes the train will cross the Celilo Drawbridge over the Columbi... (more)

In a scene normally traversed at night and with mountains reminiscent of Glacier Park hundreds of miles to the north, a late-running California Zephyr is seen racing across the high desert on a pe... (more)

And here we see Amtrak's Coast Starlight in its natural habitat: a late summer evening, the mountains shrouded in ocean mist, seagulls peacefully gliding along, and a lone individual walking in th... (more)

Day-after-Christmas coal! Three AC-traction locomotives lead a Centralia, WA-bound unit coal train through a winter wonderland and across the Clark Fork River just west of Colby, Idaho.

A southbound manifest with a cut of Pacific Northwest lumber on the point rumbles across Dry Canyon Trestle approaching Hotlum with Mount Shasta and Shastina behind.

A northbound empty grain train with all CP power (two on the point and one DPU) heads up the Palouse River Canyon approaching the spur at Park amid springtime desert greens.

On a crisp spring morning, a westbound unit grain train tiptoes across the Clark Fork River west of Colby with the Cabinet Mountains behind.