An empty unit coal train winds its way upgrade through a long series of curves and then out onto Butte Canyon Bridge, just west of Shed 10 on the west side of Donner Pass.

On a perfect summer day in the Montana Rockies, matched H1 SD40-2's lead a westbound officer special as it begins its descent of the west slope of Marias Pass, while the mountains along the southe... (more)

With the temperature lingering in the single digits on the morning of New Year's Eve, a westbound unit coal train flies across the Clark Fork River at Noxon, Montana beneath the formidable Cabinet... (more)

A CREX leasing unit and an assortment of other locomotives lead an eastbound BNSF manifest up the north bank of the Columbia River and past the massive rock cliffs of the Wallula Gap just west of ... (more)

Spring along the Snake River presents a few short weeks where the desert hillsides that are usually brown turn a vibrant green. On a mid-April evening, the 6-days-per-week Great Northwest Railroad... (more)

Two Dash 9 DPU's work in heavy dynamic braking to hold back a westbound grain train as it descends the grade toward the Two Medicine River bridge approaching Grizzly, while the Rocky Mountains in ... (more)

Due to congestion on the more direct route over Stevens Pass, this eastbound Tacoma-Logistics Park, Chicago intermodal train was routed the long way around Washington, and is now nearing the end o... (more)

During my five days spent at Mount Shasta, I attempted this shot every single evening, and due to clouds and/or trains not coming at the right time, it was not until the evening of the final day t... (more)

Three elephant-style GE's work their hearts out pulling an eastbound stack train around Trinidad Loop, located on the long 1% climb from the Columbia River up to Quincy.

Two days before my first day of high school, and as I was just getting used to my first non-point-and-shoot camera, we took a trip up to the Libby-Troy region for a weekend of shooting on the Koot... (more)

Good morning Sandpoint! As layers of morning fog slowly burn off above Lake Pend Oreille, an eastbound vehicle train thunders across the famous bridge over the lake, signalling the start of a beau... (more)

Just after 6 A.M., a 4-hour-late Amtrak Empire Builder sprints westward into the Granite rock cut between Athol and Cocolalla, Idaho, with the crew desperately trying to make up time on the double... (more)

In the final minutes of golden evening light at then end of a beautiful fall day, the outbound Night Gas climbs Evaro Hill at Nagos as the sun casts a vibrant yellow on the grassy hills.

A lengthy Switcher pulled by two ex-Milwaukee GP9's tiptoes across Benewah Trestle on the way to Plummer for interchange with UP. This trestle is on the old Milwaukee Road mainline.

A unit potash train headed for Little Mountain, UT is seen on the cliffs high above the Kootenai River as it descends the 1% grade to Bonners Ferry. BNSF's busy Kootenai River Subdivision is visib... (more)