Strung out over the curves of the Palouse, 14 loaded lumber cars, empty hoppers, and a loaded boxcar of peas make the northbound manifest.

The #20 grabs a boxcar of peas to take north.

Moving around storage cars on the south end of the W&I

F-units, long hood forward, and street running are some of the operating treats that the W&I has to offer. Jeramey leans out the window of the '16 to get a view of the "summit" coming out of Palou... (more)

Stan moves the rails from the Potlatch, ID line to Pullman/Moscow. Jeramey fires up the 316 in a belch of oily smoke.

Two ancient units howl up to the top of the hill outside Palouse on a reasonable day. I believe this is the highest point on the W&I.

2008 is it? When it's not running Amtrak specials, this FP9 sometimes hauls freight for the W&I, such as this C&W hoper full of fertilizer.

Haze from the just started 4204 drifts over the other two units in the consist, including an ex VIA Rail FP9. The 4204 has been purchased by W&I, but has not been repainted yet.

The snow is melting and the wheat is turning the hills a nice shade of green in the Palouse. All of W&I's power is on display hauling a heavy 12-car fertilizer train to Moscow.

Not much snow left in the Palouse region nor the little town of Palouse. Record snowfalls that closed Washington State University for 2 days had to be bulldozed off the W&I's RoW at a cost of $150... (more)

The biggest customer on the Washington & Idaho Railway gets a string of hoppers to send out the grain.

Only about 10 feet from one of the last two last wig-wags in the State of Washington, the local blocks one of the major crossings in town at Kamiaken Street. PCC 4204 and a few grainers bound for ... (more)

Suddenly a quite day shooting center beam flats in the weeds becomes a busy day as this photographer is lucky enough to catch the weekly local though Pullman. And then run half-way across town on ... (more)