Precision Scheduled Railroading at work. Union Pacific's Portland, OR to North Platte, NE manifest put 28 cars on the ground at approximately 1 AM MST on 12/5/2021, just outside Hammett, Idaho... (more)

MPEX 6201, the sole MP2000C in existence, sits coupled to a few other rarities on the long-term storage track outside Motive Power in Boise, as a major storm rolls into the area. MPI recently anno... (more)

Running approximately half an hour late, UP 4014 and 844's legendary doubleheader excursion - the first EVER pulled by a Big Boy - rolls away from Devils Slide and into Henefer, Utah.

Before being repainted in 2009.

The second section of the Wilder Local switches an industry. The first section of the local derailed a few miles down the line, so 3525 was sent down to finish the first section's switching. Photo... (more)

In an insanely rare move that I've only caught once in my twelve years of railfanning (this time), we see the sole active unit on the Oregon Eastern division of the Wyoming and Colorado Railroad, ... (more)

Urban railroading in the Treasure Valley. The old UP Boise Cutoff that once hosted at least two passenger trains per day, but now all that remains (for now) is this typically 15-20 car local, loco... (more)

Despite the pandemic, the LC&S continues operating, one of the highest standard-gauge railroads operating in the United States at the moment, if not the highest; Leadville sits at roughly 10,150 f... (more)

A weather-worn former GTW GP9, which has worked at this rural elevator for over twenty years without a single alteration to its paint, still carries its long-hood bell, showing that the locomotive... (more)

The collection at the Oregon Coast Historical Railway. The consist to the left is the pride of the fleet, and is as follows: 2-8-2 #104, SP caboose #1134, BN caboose #11269, and OCHR S-2 #111. As ... (more)

In the midst of a heavy snowstorm, an empty eastbound UP ash train just received a new crew. This is the heaviest snowstorm Idaho has experienced in over 30 years, and the main tracks are barely v... (more)

On a remarkably clear late-spring day in 2018, an eastbound intermodal crosses the soon-to-be-doubletracked bridge across Lake Pend Oreille into Sandpoint, Idaho with 3 GEs, each displaying one of... (more)

A ratty-looking UP SD60 still in original paint and its second number sits by the terminal in Nampa. If you look really closely, you can see the old number, which started with "6", showi... (more)

A pair of SD40Ns blow smoke while working the Green River yard as a westbound intermodal prepares to depart.

I was standin' on a corner (not THE corner, though I did visit that too) in Winslow, Arizona on the Route 66 overpass at the west end of town, as, in blistering (for this Idaho girl) 105 degree he... (more)