Mid America Rail Car Leasing (MRLX) EMD FP9 No. 6304 dressed in spiffy Southern Pacific black widow colors rests in the small yard at Marshall, Washington, on May 15, 2010, while working for Washi... (more)

Mid America Rail Car Leasing (MRLX) EMD FP9 painted in classy Southern Pacific black widow colors rests in the small yard at Marshall, Washington, on May 15, 2010, while working for Washington & I... (more)

A nice little puff of smoke indicates a notch up on the throttle as the northbound Washington & Idaho "unit LPG" train deals with undulating grades and curves north of Oaksdale, WA, Sept... (more)

Washington & Idaho SD9 602 and SD40-2 3000 take their time moving a train load of propane cars (with buffer) northwest from Oaksdale toward the BNSF interchange at Marshall, WA. The line was forme... (more)

The sun sets on idled equipment at Palouse, WA. A business car and GP16 no. 316 rest in the weeds along with some stored centerbeam flat cars. It did not appear that the 316 had been used recently... (more)

Washington & Idaho SD9 602 has 16 loads of propane and a buffer car under control as its train circles around a wheat field east of Oakesdale, WA. Fall is beginning to bloom along this former Nort... (more)

The Washington & Idaho operates a former Northern Pacific/Burlington Northern branch south from Marshall, WA near Spokane through the Palouse country to Harvard and Moscow, ID. The line undulates ... (more)

Washington & Idaho SD9 WRIX 602 and SD40-2 WRIX 3000 return north with a new train load of propane cars at MP 41 north of Belmont, WA. Some portions of the short line have welded rail, but not her... (more)

An SP-decorated ex-CN F-9Au and partner, an ex-C&O GP-30m, get a roll on a half-dozen or so newly loaded grain cars, heading north along the former NP Palouse & Lewiston branch. A spring snow squ... (more)

Eastbound train on the WI&M with 13 empty centerbeam flats for loading at the Bennett Lumber mill in Princeton, ID.

WIR #20, the trusty old GP30 brings fertilizer loads into town. The short train is crossing the Palouse River, on the north side of the town of the same name.

All Aboard! The first passenger train on the Palouse in decades loads its final passengers in Plaza before departing to Marshall. In the background, the W&I has WIR 20 standing by just in c... (more)

The president of his domain. Rolling out of Palouse Yard, Stan eyes his load of dried peas, waiting for it to pass the derail before resetting the safety device. The boxcar of Palouse peas will he... (more)

The W&I's usual power set of MRLX 6304 and WIR 20 rest at the switch for the Wilsion siding that serves McGregor Fertilizers. In the background, the recently renovated University of Idaho Kibbie ... (more)

Burlington Northern split pea soup. Behind the power rolls a load of dried peas heading out of the Palouse.