BNSF 6621 kicks up snow as it crosses the Pack River Fill along Lake Pend Oreille. Up front are empty Boeing loads returning to the midwest for new Boeing fuselages. An overnight snow storm has du... (more)

Have you ever woken up at 3 in the morning and been unable to get back to sleep? I have, and during the longer days of the year, I'll sometimes use that as an excuse to head down to Cima Hill to s... (more)

A UP manifest crosses the famous wye bridge at Keddie on a fine May afternoon.

An early Summer Morning finds this eastbound BNSF manifest freight passing the 3rd most famous barn in Montana.

Westbound intermodal ISCLB has almost finished its climb from the floor of the Escalante Desert as it negotiates the S-curve and approaches the summit at Crestline. Before they can make the 110 mi... (more)

A day spent at Lakeside is often a day of lengthy pauses briefly punctuated by a passing train or maybe an off-roader. Only 4 trains had passed this day as the sun sank below the horizon, but a di... (more)

The prairies of Eastern Washington are littered with small concrete grain silos like this pair at Downs. As the sun sinks low in the sky on a late summer day, they stand guard over one last train,... (more)

Big Sky, Big Scenery. A loaded BNSF coal train swings through a short but narrow canyon at Bearmouth. MRL's 3rd Subdivision between Elliston and Missoula doesn't get nearly the railfan coverage th... (more)

MRL Helpers drift down Mullan Pass after shoving a coal train up the hill on what would be a quiet 4th of July along the MRL.

Loads from Savage roll along US Route 6 as they slow to change crews and pick up helpers at Helper.

Loads from Savage roll along US Route 6 as they get a run at the formidable grade of Soldier Summit.

BNSF's HVAWBAR leaps over the Willow Creek Trestle as it journeys south towards an eventual crew change at Bend. The bridge was actually constructed by a Union Pacific subsidiary, and the original... (more)

A brilliant summer morning finds the Craig local winding up Oak Creek Canyon as it begins its trek to the lonely outpost of Craig, CO. Back in 2011 I had a keen interest in the former Rio Grande c... (more)

Smoke from distant wildfires mingles with the rising sun as an eastbound stack train glides through E. Reverse and prepares to drop into the Snake River Valley. Signal Bridges and Codeline, which ... (more)

Westbound coal empties round a tight curve past one of many rugged rock formations in Glenwood Canyon, one of many incredible sights along the former DRGW.