Precision Scheduled Railroading at work. Union Pacific's Portland, OR to North Platte, NE manifest put 28 cars on the ground at approximately 1 AM MST on 12/5/2021, just outside Hammett, Idaho... (more)

I was standin' on a corner (not THE corner, though I did visit that too) in Winslow, Arizona on the Route 66 overpass at the west end of town, as, in blistering (for this Idaho girl) 105 degree he... (more)

The money shot at Winona came to fruition on my first visit, as an eastbound intermodal of unknown symbol drifts downhill after a rolling meet with a westbound.

Coos Bay Rail Line's southbound Hauler heads for Coos Bay; the hoppers on the head end are headed to add ballast to the currently out-of-service portion of the line between Coos Bay and Coquille, ... (more)

"I don't like sand." But on the coast, it's just a fact of life. The northbound Coos Bay Hauler, sporting just a single MP15DC today, rolls north towards Hauser along the famous Orego... (more)

Oregon Eastern recently acquired a former Hudson Bay Railway GP39-3 (ex-SP GP35) from Western Rail, Inc. in exchange for three of their four GP7s - the fourth was retained as backup power for when... (more)

UP's Borah Local heads eastbound towards Pocatello after being overtaken by the MPDNP, blowing tons of carbon out the stack.

Is this Kansas or Idaho? Well, I'll just spill the beans - it's Idaho. But it could just as easily be Kansas with a BNSF S-train, as, for some reason, a BNSF ES44C4 leads Union Pacific's Global 4,... (more)