The winter snow is just beginning to melt as four SD9043MAC's lead a northbound empty grain train slowly through the siding at Clagstone in preperation for a meet with a southbound freight.

On the return leg of it's cross-country visit to Minnesota, the SP 4449 thunders upgrade through the reverse curves on the approach to the summit of Providence Hill in Eastern Washington, as the c... (more)

After a visit to Spokane, Union Pacific's 150th Anniversary Train climbs the grade between Scribner and Lakeside Jct. in Marshall Canyon. In less than a mile the train will re-enter UP trackage an... (more)

Due to congestion on the more direct route over Stevens Pass, this eastbound Tacoma-Logistics Park, Chicago intermodal train was routed the long way around Washington, and is now nearing the end o... (more)

The peace and tranquility of a summer afternoon is broken by the arrival of a bright blue CEFX leaser leading a southbound manifest past one of several ponds in the woods south of the Pend Oreille... (more)

The marshes at the mouth of the Clark Fork River are in a gradual period of transition from winter to spring as BNSF 6823 leads a westbound grain train out across the causeway leading towards Lake... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder crosses the Two Medicine River bridge at the east switch of Glacier Park as the mountains within the national park itself rest under a blanket of heavy snow.

Two GE's lead a westbound unit coal train along the blue waters of Lake Pend Oreille a few miles west of Hope, Idaho in beautiful evening light. In the distance is Warren Island, the largest of se... (more)

With the sun getting low in the sky to the west on a mid-September evening, an eastbound empty grain train sprints across the Pack River Fill on the northern edge of Lake Pend Oreille, just a few ... (more)

On a perfect summer day in the Montana Rockies, matched H1 SD40-2's lead a westbound officer special as it begins its descent of the west slope of Marias Pass, while the mountains along the southe... (more)

A pair of ES44's lead a heavy unit crude oil train westward through the rock cliffs and tunnels in the Kootenai River Gorge between Katka and Crossport, Idaho. The train is traversing the northern... (more)

On a surprisingly warm October day in the Blues, three SD70M's and a CSX ES44 hold back a heavy eastbound K train hauling primarily orange Hapag Lloyd containers as it drops downgrade into Pelican... (more)

Fall colors are just beginning to show in Pelican Canyon as a hot westbound Z train digs into the foot of the grueling 2.2% climb to Kamela on a beautiful October day in Oregon's Blue Mountains.

As dark clouds build to the north, a westbound BNSF Z train eases downgrade around the apex of Trinidad Loop on an early spring afternoon.

Three elephant-style GE's work their hearts out pulling an eastbound stack train around Trinidad Loop, located on the long 1% climb from the Columbia River up to Quincy.