Eastbound grain empties climb out of the Hangman Creek valley into Spokane along the original Northern Pacific route at Empire Siding.
Amtrak 116 gets some of the bugs washed off before leading the final leg of the Coast Starlight out of Portland into Seattle.
Coal trains are a hot button political issue in the Northwest right now. There is an effort to develop an export terminal to send Powder River coal to China near Bellingham, Washington. Some say... (more)
Some awfully fancy power for a work train pulls some ballast and equipment up the hill into Spokane after a long summer day on the Lakeside Sub.
A new view for the Funnel! The Havana St overpass has just been opened to traffic, unfortunately the cyclone fencing is coming soon, point and shoot lenses only. The Hillyard local waits in the ... (more)
They have been catching some beautiful Rainbow Trout out of Sprague Lake this spring. I wonder if the engineer on 5413 East wishes he could drop a line...
The Plummer turn leans into the wye at Plummer Jct.
Crude oil from North Dakota traverses the high line into Marshall Canyon.
No longer a rotten pumpkin, BNSF 4434 pushes empty grain cars eastbound up the hill into Spokane. The elegant signal bridges protecting Sunset Junction are on their last days as modern sterile st... (more)
