An empty potash train comprised entirely of salmon-colored Potash Corp. hoppers makes its way north across the Rathdrum Prairie late on a spring afternoon. led by a UP SD9043MAC and a CP AC4400CW.

A westbound Canadian Pacific freight curves through Elko, British Columbia. Union Pacific locomotives are common on the Crowsnest Pass route main line, and here UP EMD SD9043MAC No. 8307 teams up ... (more)

An eastbound empty potash train takes the siding at Wyeth, OR.

UP 8307 leads a Powder River unit coal train south to Georgia Power's Shearer plant.