Exactly 20 years ago today, 10/4/1996, the crew of train 63606, the Lewiston to Grangeville job, is rolling to a stop on the stiff upgrade at Culdesac, a great name for the last town in the Snake... (more)
Exactly 20 years ago today, 10/4/1996, the train crew of Camas Prairie train 63606 is approximately 6 hours into their day. At Cottonwood, the crew set out some grain hoppers and ran around their... (more)
Exactly 20 years ago this morning, 10/4/1996, I had my first chance to shoot a train in the esteemed Lapwai Canyon of the Camas Prairie Railroad. The previous year my girlfriend and I drove throug... (more)
Back in 1994, 7 SD40-2s on a WB grain train was standard for BN operating over Marias Pass. Here at the summit of Marias Pass, just East of the crossovers at Marias are 5 BN SD40-2s up front with... (more)
UP 2056 and 3 mates have pulled their loaded grain hoppers and are ready to depart Craigmont ID on the Camas Prairie. In the background is the "VC" (Volmer-Clearwater Co.) grain elevator and stor... (more)
BN 2884 lays overnight at the railroad East end of Grangeville ID, at the end of the Camas Prairie 2nd Subdivision, better known as the "Grangeville Line". The train's caboose also rests in the f... (more)
After dropping most of their loaded lumber cars at Reubens, Camas Prairie Railnet #6 and #2 descend Lapwai Canyon enroute to the train's termination at Lewiston ID. The train is on top of the fam... (more)
Heat rises from the radiators of Camas Prairie Railnet #2 and a mate as they begin to pull lumber loads from the Bennett lumber mill at Grangeville ID. Unfortunately this is at the end of the Cam... (more)
Southern consolidation 630 rolls toward Old Fort with the first of 4 roundtrips between Asheville and Old Fort NC on NS's S-Line.