On a clear summer morning, an empty unit coal train charges east through the scenic Cabinet Gorge located on the Idaho-Montana state line.

The daily westbound SPOEVE, the only manifest that regularly runs over the Spokane to Everett ex-GN mainline, is just a few miles into the long descent down Trinidad Hill as it passes "The Cr... (more)

A westbound manifest cruises through the deep and narrow basalt rock cuts nearing Plymouth along the north side of the Columbia River.

An empty unit coal train on its return journey from the Boardman Power Plant to the Powder River Basin winds its way through the reverse curves between Port Kelley and Wallula on UP's Ayer Sub. Th... (more)

A southbound UP manifest heads through Wallula Gap near the state line between Washington and Oregon. BNSF's mainline is across the Columbia River.

Having dropped down from the snow-bound Marias Pass, a westbound Z train navigates the Flathead River Canyon east of Belton during the spring melt, while snow still clings to the mountain peaks to... (more)

A westbound stack train emerges from the depths of the Kootenai River Gorge just east of Crossport, ID on a beautiful autumn afternoon.

As part of a new service introduced in May 2014, the southbound "Coastal Passage" Rocky Mountaineer crosses Chuckanut Bay a few miles south of Bellingham, as viewed from Woodstock Farm.

On a windy spring morning, Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder eases around the curve approaching the west switch of Quincy, while an eastbound stack train has just cleared into the siding, making f... (more)

A short northbound manifest climbs the grade through Hotlum siding on a warm summer morning on UP's Black Butte Sub.

On a bright fall afternoon, a westbound grain train led by a Dash 9 and two Oakway SD60's cruises along Cocolalla Lake on BNSF's "Funnel".

A crystal clear morning on Lake Pend Oreille greets a westbound unit crude oil train crossing the famous bridge over the lake between Sandpoint and East Algoma.

During an ongoing construction project to replace old bridge supports, a colorful eastbound stack rumbles across the Sandpoint Bridge, as viewed from Dog Beach on a late summer afternoon.

On a sunny autumn afternoon, a southbound UP manifest with CP road power out of Canada is just easing up to a stop at the Sandpoint diamond as a westbound BNSF stack train off the Hi Line thunders... (more)

A unit grain train rolls off the bridge over Lake Pend Oreille and through the S-curve at East Algoma on a beautiful autumn day.