It's a busy morning (for Union Pacific's Ayer Subdivision that is) in the remote Palouse River Canyon of southeast Washington. While we wait at our clifftop vantage point, we can hear the sound of... (more)

On my favorite stretch of mountain railroad in the country, a former "Pepsi Can" P32-8BWH leads Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight past the former location of Cougar siding on the ex-So... (more)

A short northbound Nampa, ID to Spokane, WA manifest (a new train created as a result of the recent major down-sizing of Hinkle Yard) emerges from Tunnel 14 in the rugged Palouse River Canyon, clo... (more)

After a long cross-country journey, UP SD70ACe number 1943, the "Spirit of the Union Pacific" and its officer special consist basks in the golden evening sunlight while parked on the wye at Coeur ... (more)

After a couple hours of waiting, spent throwing rocks, having stand-offs with rattlesnakes, and accidentally spooking an owl out of a hole, Great Northwest Railroad's "Ayer Turn" is seen... (more)

While driving through the tiny town of Plummer, Idaho today, I noticed that the St. Maries River Railroad's Switcher was in town, but that Union Pacific's Plummer Turn had not arrived yet (the two... (more)

Following a September with record rainfall for the region, October of 2016 brought some spectacular fall colors to my home turf. Eager for some sightseeing, my girlfriend and I ventured north to m... (more)

The Rathdrum Prairie is a small but rich region of agriculture nestled between Coeur d' Alene, Idaho and Spokane, Washington. A wide variety of different produce comes from the prairie, and althou... (more)

Amid hillsides clothed in vibrant springtime grasses, the final rays of sunlight for this day shine down through the cliffs, illuminating the green hills lining the Snake River. After a breezy aft... (more)

An eastbound Z train led by four shiny Evolution Series GE's catches some of the last sunlight in the Kootenai Gorge as it cruises upriver on the ex-GN water-grade route through the mountains of t... (more)

Just before sunrise on the morning after Winterail 2016, a westbound stack train streaks past Multnomah Falls in the depths of the Columbia River Gorge. The upper falls, visible on the sheer cliff... (more)

Now THIS is aerial photography! While on the final approach to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on an Alaska Airlines flight from Reno, we were just exiting a low arc over downtown Seattle whe... (more)

While the majority of railfans in the Northwest were busy flocking toward the Columbia Gorge for 4449's excursion to Bend, OR, my father and I headed east to the Kootenai River Gorge with a specta... (more)

After a meet with an empty potash, a southbound UP grain train from the CP interchange at Eastport, ID/Kingsgate, BC tiptoes across the Sand Creek bridge in Sandpoint amid golden aspen and cottonw... (more)

Golden rays of sunshine have just started shining through the trees as the sound of a train approaching from the east echoes through the damp, cold woods near the north shore of Lake Pend Oreille.... (more)