The two units on MRL's outbound Night Gas were hard at work to lift their loaded train up the 2.2% grade of Evaro Hill as they crossed Marent Gulch Trestle on a crisp, clear summer afternoon in Mo... (more)
A three mile hike through the forest and in and out of several deep ravines offers a view down on the most remote portion of UP's La Grande Subdivision. After a meet with a K Line stack train at H... (more)
An ex-ATSF Dash 9-44CW storms eastbound through the fall foliage with an empty unit grain train near Kootenai, Idaho, just a few miles into its trip across MRL's 4th Subdivision.
The eastbound Day Gas with a head-end pickup from Paradise approaches the summit of Evaro Hill with the larch on the slopes lit up gold.
During my five days spent at Mount Shasta, I attempted this shot every single evening, and due to clouds and/or trains not coming at the right time, it was not until the evening of the final day t... (more)
Just after sunrise, a late-running Amtrak Empire Builder crosses Indian Canyon Bridge just a few miles out of Spokane.
On the longest day of the year, a perfectly timed unit grain train catches the first minutes of light as it traverses the northernmost mile on BNSF's northern mainline. Here in the Kootenai River ... (more)
The sun was just coming off the northeastern horizon when I first made out the distant silhouette of a train through my binoculars, having just began the descent from Grass Lake. At that point, Mo... (more)
After a major derailment involving Boeing fuselages shut down MRL's 4th Subdivision, the decision was made to reroute several heavy trains over the 10th Subdivision and Evaro Hill by using manned ... (more)
