A late-running California Zephyr drops out of Shed 10 and across Butte Canyon Bridge on the long descent of the west slope of Donner Pass. Barely visible in the distance as a thin gray line above ... (more)

In a summer downpour, the southbound Grain Shuttle off the Palouse River & Coulee City sweeps through the S-curve at Park in the Palouse Canyon between Hooper and Joso.

Goooooood morning Donner! A short Z train eases down the east slope of Donner Pass, seconds from entering one of the parallel tunnels at Andover. Beautiful Donner Lake lies in the valley be... (more)

On a sunny autumn afternoon, a southbound UP manifest with CP road power out of Canada is just easing up to a stop at the Sandpoint diamond as a westbound BNSF stack train off the Hi Line thunders... (more)

School's out! Having finished my last final, I left the University of Idaho just after midnight for my first railfanning adventure of the summer, arriving at Palouse Falls State Park at 3 A.M. and... (more)

Two CP units lead a southbound manifest down the Palouse Canyon through Tunnel 14, the first of five tunnels within just over a mile of track.

A heavy westbound unit grain train rolls down the Clark Fork River approaching Plains, Montana on a crystal clear morning in Big Sky Country.

The Railroad and The MOUNTAIN. I had just crossed over the state line into California near Dorris when a phone call from Dad informed me that a northbound freight had just passed the Dunsm... (more)

A southbound potash train winds through the series of short curves near the north end of Palouse Canyon on UP's Ayer Sub on a windy spring afternoon.

After a major derailment involving Boeing fuselages shut down MRL's 4th Subdivision, the decision was made to reroute several heavy trains over the 10th Subdivision and Evaro Hill by using manned ... (more)

The icy cold grip of winter is keeping a tight hold on the northern plains as BNSF's Malt Job crosses the half-frozen Missouri River at Rainbow Falls, on the outskirts of Great Falls. There's one ... (more)

A beautiful summer morning in Idaho is made even better by the appearance of the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad's local on its eastward trip to Sandpoint, Idaho to transfer with BNSF. It is seen her... (more)

With dynamic brakes roaring, an SD9043MAC and an ES44AC work to hold back a southbound manifest as it descends over the Kootenai River into Bonners Ferry on a beautiful summer day in North Idaho.

"Into the storm." A five-unit set of frost-covered MRL SD70ACe's push for all they're worth while working midtrain on a westbound unit grainer, seen climbing the 2.2% of Mullan Pass near... (more)

The shadows grow long in the desert as seven vintage EMD's lead the Trona Railway's daily train to Searles up the grade past the spectacular rock formations known collectively as the Trona Pinnacl... (more)