With the eastbound mixed train having just taken on water, the crew prepares to depart for Sumpter as the morning sun crests over the horizon. Sumpter Valley Railway 2019 Photographers Weekend

Out of the mountains and into the valley, #19 pours on the smoke as it accelerates on one of the few flat and straight stretches of track on the railroad. Running an all volunteer steam railro... (more)

Normally assigned to log trains, Heisler #3 is being used on a short passenger extra carrying lumber company executives to visit a newly opened logging spur. Ok, I suppose that a historically b... (more)

Number 19 storms through Rock Cut headed eastbound towards McEwen. Sometimes the last minute changes end up being the best shots. I had originally planned for a different angle at this locatio... (more)

Denver RTD's new A line to DIA has been open for a while now. Though there are still a few minor issues being worked through trains are running, and judging by the crowds getting on and off the t... (more)

The Loins Club train pauses on the Box Canyon trestle (built 1911) while passengers overlook the Box Canyon Dam (built 1955). As spectacular as this ride is, the railroad can't afford to inspect ... (more)

Sumpter Valley Railway freight train opens cylinder cocks as it departs McEwen with a short freight bound for Baker City just before dawn. In Reality, this is a scene from the annual Sumpter Va... (more)

The Salmonberry Excursion train is currently empty, and is deadheading back to its home terminal in Garibaldi after a successful run. Here it passes over a trestle on the north end of the town of... (more)

Running on the MRL, a BNSF grain train destined for the PSAP heads westbound across the Clark Fork River. I had hoped to see some MRL blue while here. I did see some blue, but it was this CITX S... (more)

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.

Leaning heavily on the dynamic brakes, the northbound UP Plummer Turn heads through a cut just a few miles south of Spokane, its final destination. In tow are lumber loads picked up from the St. ... (more)

Northbound UP Plummer Turn an Manito WA. On this day, they have interchanged with the STMA, as evidenced by a long train of lumber products. The train is currently on the ex Milwaukee Road Spokane... (more)

The southbound W&I Highball passing under old highway 195.

An NS SD70M-2 makes an appearance a long way from home, assisting a Z train east through Idaho.

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)