In a summer downpour, the southbound Grain Shuttle off the Palouse River & Coulee City sweeps through the S-curve at Park in the Palouse Canyon between Hooper and Joso.

CP AC4400CW 8509 is seen leading a Eastport, ID to Hinkle, OR Manifest (M-ETHK) south on Joso Viaduct over the Snake River in the last minutes of evening light - 08/09/2013

Matched SD9043MAC's lead a southbound unit grain train across Joso Bridge on a windy September morning.

Back in the days when matched sets of UP SD90's were common sight on the Washy, a southbound manifest emerges into a break in the clouds as it rolls across the massive Joso Bridge on a windy Septe... (more)

A pair of SD9043MAC's lead a northbound manifest out of Tunnel 10 and into the scenic Palouse River Canyon. In just a few seconds, the train will enter into the next tunnel, which will be followed... (more)

As the early morning sunlight of an early summer day begins to shine into the winding Palouse River Canyon, a northbound empty grain train emerges from Tunnel 14 and passes along one of many narro... (more)

A quick drop into Palouse Falls on a return trip from a spring break in Oregon allowed us to get a shot of a southbound Boardman coal train dropping down the Palouse River Canyon. The train is goi... (more)

School's out! Having finished my last final, I left the University of Idaho just after midnight for my first railfanning adventure of the summer, arriving at Palouse Falls State Park at 3 A.M. and... (more)

On a hot June day in the desert of eastern Washington, four SD9043MAC's and a CP ES44AC lead a northbound manifest up the remote and scenic Palouse River Canyon at Park between Joso and Hooper on ... (more)

After making a pickup at Wallula that nearly tripled its train length, the southbound Spokane to Hinkle manifest navigates the reverse curves along the Columbia River between Wallula and Juniper, ... (more)

Two weeks after my 15th birthday, at the end of one of the busiest days I have seen on the Ayer Sub, the third loaded grain train of the day crosses the massive Joso Bridge over the Snake River, a... (more)

Soaring high above the Snake River, Union Pacific's 150th Anniversary Passenger Special rolls over the impressive Joso Viaduct at a cautious 10 MPH. The Joso Viaduct built in 1912 is 3920 feet lo... (more)

In celebration of its 150th anniversary, Union Pacific is running a special train around its system led by the famed trio of E9s. This morning the train departed Spokane after another successful ... (more)

A BNSF coal train bound for Portland General Electric's Boardman Power Plant is just south of Marengo,WA on UP's Ayer Sub in the waning light of 11/20/04

Portland-bound potash loads join the Columbia River at Wallula, Washington, a location which has long been a center of commerce. In the early 1800s this was the site of Fort Nez Percés, an impor... (more)