A modest five car train is dwarfed by the Joso Bridge over the Snake River, Union Pacific's largest, in southeast Washington. It's been a dry summer and the sun is slightly muted by the smoke from... (more)

As the sun rises, from a nice camp out landing along the Snake River west of the Joso High Bridge, a CP/UP interchange mixed freight from Alberta, Canada to Hinkle, OR and the UP, crosses the brid... (more)

Great Northwest Railroad’s (Watco) Ayer Turn waits for a new crew at the Lyons Ferry Road grade crossing at Joso, Washington, on September 21, 2015. The eastbound train is lead by WAMX GP35 No. ... (more)

It's mid-day as a set of black and gold WAMX motors bring a Hooper JCT to Port Kelly, WA Palouse River& Coulee City Railroad (PCC) grain shuttle across UP's Snake River bridge at Lyons Ferry (Joso... (more)

The beginning of a beautiful morning in a remote corner of Southeast Washington arrives with a southbound crossing over the Snake River on the 1914 vintage "Joso" railroad bridge.

A southbound Union Pacific potash train traverses the Snake River at Lyons Ferry, WA during the last few minutes of waning sunlight of a hot summer day

CP 8610 leads a CP-UP grain train across Joso Bridge near Lyons Ferry, WA. The large trestle crosses the Snake River on UP's Spokane-Hinkle line, and has been fairly busy in recent years due to jo... (more)

CP 9620 leads a grain train over Union Pacific's Joso bridge across the Snake River. During a three day visit to the bridge, we never caught a UP unit on the front of a train. Power was CP, BNSF a... (more)

A Great Northwest Ry. train rolls east along the Snake River near Union Pacific's Joso bridge. The train has left Ayer, WA interchange yard with BNSF/UP and his headed towards Lewiston, ID and for... (more)

BNSF 6209 heads a westbound coal train across Union Pacific's Joso bridge over the Snake River near Lyons Ferry, WA en route to a power plant on UP at Boardman, OR. This has been a regular movemen... (more)

Watco's Great Northwest Railway's eastbound train ducks under the UP's Joso bridge near Lyons Ferry, WA along the shore of the Snake River. The railway operates on portions of the former Camas Pra... (more)

High noon at the high bridge as CP 8610 and UP 5523 ease a loaded grain train over Joso bridge near Lyon's Ferry, WA. The tall bridge crosses the Snake River on UP's mainline from Hinkle, OR to Sp... (more)

CP 9736 heads up an empty Canpotex potash train crossing UP's Joso bridge at Lyons Ferry, WA. This line is Union Pacific's main route from Hinkle, OR to Spokane and a connection with CP using the ... (more)

BNSF 6209 leads a loaded Boardman, OR coal train across the Joso bridge over the Snake River in southeastern Washington. This movement is typically a combination of BNSF-Laurel-MRL-Spokane-UP for ... (more)

BNSF 5771 leads an empty Boardman, OR coal train northeast from Ayer Jct. and is approaching the Joso bridge over the Snake River in southeastern Washington. This movement is typically a combinati... (more)