UP 7900 leads an eastbound manifest through Mountain Home, ID with a CSX ES40DC third out.

Smoky August days. We did what we could with the horrible skies on our August trip. Here 6630 brings up the rear of a grain train, a closer look reveals a group of kids who have been playing in t... (more)

On a gloomy March day a BNSF train gildes west across the famous bridge over Lake Pend Oreille with two Boeing 737 fuselages in tow.

A late summer trip sort of limited our success on our list trip to the Pacific NW. But did create great sunrise and sunsets. Here a Westbound train crosses the famous bridge over Lake Pend Oreil... (more)

Smoky skies create beautiful sunrise light as a eastbound train crosses the single track bridge across Lake Pend Oreille near Sandpoint, ID.

Crossing the Clark Fork River at Clark Fork, ID.

UP 8364 leads a westbound manifest out of Caldwell in the midst of the golden hour.

UP 8781 leads an eastbound intermodal out of the Snake River Canyon.

An eastbound BNSF Z train crosses the long single-track bridge over Lake Pend Oreille between Algoma and Sandpoint, Idaho, on the sunny afternoon of October 6, 2018. After a couple of false starts... (more)

A rather short morning turn to Boise heads eastbound just before crossing Linder RD in Meridian

For years I have always wanted to visit the famous, well documented bridge over Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint Idaho. In 2018 we made two trips. In August fires from the smoke created some fantas... (more)

BNSF 9322 leads a train load of coal west near Hope, ID in rather dismal wintery weather, just warm enough for drizzle. The train is on Montana Rail Link about a half hour east of its Sand Point j... (more)

On a beautiful late afternoon, with a BNSF engine leading two NS Stallions, a BNSF stack winds its way out of the Kootenai River Gorge in route to Bonners Ferry, Sandpoint and the west coast.

Shooting from the Katka Overlook across the Kootenai River Gorge, a Northbound Mixed Manifest is passing through tunnel 4. The train is almost at Moyie Springs on its way to Eastport a Canadian Pa... (more)