BNSF 8119 rolls across Deep Creek with a westbound train just after exiting a short tunnel near Burns, OR on the former GN mainline between Sandpoint, ID and Bonner's Ferry.

The calm of the Idaho pine forests are momentaily distrubed by the St. Maries River Railroad's Plummer turn. The train is lead by a pair of the railroads GP9s as they trundle across the massive Pe... (more)

A pair of St. Maries Railroad GP9s trundle across the long wooden trestle crossing Benewah Lake near Parkline Idaho. The 12 loads of wood products are bound for interchange with the Union Pacific ... (more)

Camas Prairie Railroad. Wooden Trestle north of Cottonwood.

Camas Prairie Railroad. A trio of UP GP38-2's on their way to Grangeville. Bridge over Highway 95.

Camas Prairie Railroad. A trio of UP GP38-2's on their way to Grangeville.

A trio of GEs haul grain loads off the Hi-Line across the 4,769 ft trestle over the pristine waters of Lake Pend Oreille. This train is hot on the heels of a Z-train while two eastbounds are waiti... (more)

On the pretty fall day of October 5, 2015, a westbound BNSF grain train crosses the Clark Fork at Clark Fork, Idaho, on the west end of Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision.

Soaring across the Pend Oreille River, the POVA heads towards Priest River after running around their train and working at Newport. In addition to the massive bridge, the Albeni Falls Dam in the b... (more)

Leading empty Canpotex hoppers toward a connection with Canadian Pacific at Eastport/Kingsgate is a quartet of Union Pacific GE ES44ACs on an eastbound UP potash train crossing the Pend Oreille Ri... (more)

BNSF 7451 leads a fleet of westbounds off the Hi-Line onto the Funnel on a beautiful summer morning. Sandpoint is currently a major bottleneck for BNSF with the MRL junction and the single track o... (more)

UP 8953 (SD70AH) and UP 3040 (SD70ACe-T4) lead a short officer car special over the American Falls Dam. The special departed Twin Falls with UP and WATCO executives to Minidoka. From there, the ex... (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)

One of my favorite locations along Union Pacific's 51 mile Cache Valley Branch is this group of bridges found in Franklin, Idaho. Nine sets of wood pilings cross the Cub River on wood decking whil... (more)