An eastbound empty oil near the summit of Providence Hill in eastern Washington State.

A westbound manifest train heading west near Beatrice in eastern Washington State.

A westbound manifest train heading west at Beatrice in eastern Washington State.

A westbound manifest train at Beatrice in eastern Washington State.

A westbound oil train at Beatrice on the Lakeside Subdivision.

An eastbound train nearing the summit of Providence Hill. This is the second time I have seen the oddly striped Ace.

An westbound BNSF manifest train at the summit of Providence Hill.

An eastbound stack train on the former Northern Pacific mainline from Pasco to Spokane.

NS 8099 brings it's heavy oil train to a stop as it waits to crossover behind a late running Amtrak #27 on a frosty morning on Providence Hill.

A late running Amtrak train #27 glides down Providence Hill, at the Beatrice crossovers with a plowed but frosty wheat field in the foreground.

A late running Amtrak train #27 glides down Providence Hill, nearing the Beatrice crossovers as the NS 8099 and its oil train do the same on a chilly November morning. Both trains were side by sid... (more)

Viewed from a snowy wheat field above the Beatrice chicken farm, a warbonnet pulls its Z train toward the summit of Providence Hill in Eastern Washington.