CP 9920 leads a UP grain train over Joso Bridge and the Snake River in southeastern Washington. The train originated in the Midwest and was routed through Canada to Kingsgate, BC/Eastport, ID for ... (more)

The crew of this Great Northwest Ry. (Watco) train brings it to a halt at Lyons Ferry Road with UP's Joso bridge in the background. The crew has "died on its hours" and will soon be reli... (more)

WAMX 3920 crosses the UP Joso bridge over the Snake River near Lyons Ferry, WA with a string of cars picked up at Joso siding. The train is headed westbound (south) to Ayer yard and will become pa... (more)

WAMX 3920, a Great Northwest Ry. (WATCO) GP39M rolls east (north) along the Snake River on Union Pacific trackage east of Ayer Jct., WA. The "train" is headed to UP's Joso siding where i... (more)

School's out! Having finished my last final, I left the University of Idaho just after midnight for my first railfanning adventure of the summer, arriving at Palouse Falls State Park at 3 A.M. and... (more)

Two weeks after my 15th birthday, at the end of one of the busiest days I have seen on the Ayer Sub, the third loaded grain train of the day crosses the massive Joso Bridge over the Snake River, a... (more)

CP AC4400CW 8519 is seen leading a westbound grain train from North Dakota (via Canada over Crowsnest Pass) rounding the curve having just crossed Joso Trestle near Lyons Ferry, Wa - 08/09/2013

Soaring high above the Snake River, Union Pacific's 150th Anniversary Passenger Special rolls over the impressive Joso Viaduct at a cautious 10 MPH. The Joso Viaduct built in 1912 is 3920 feet lo... (more)

2 UP SD9043MAC's lead a Canpotex Potash train bound for export at Portland, OR across the huge steel bridge over the Snake River at Lyons Ferry,WA 10 minutes after sunset on 6/21/12. This is locat... (more)

Dinner Theatre... A Hunter's Moon provides for subtle illumination of the scene as a southbound UP manifest traverses the Joso trestle of south-central Washington. Red and blue nav... (more)

The Evergreen State. A train of northbound empty Canpotex potash is nearing the massive Joso Trestle crossing of the Snake River. Meanwhile I'm attempting not to act deer-like lest the hun... (more)

Two Canadian Pacific locomotives guide the Hinkle bound manifest over the 3920 feet long Joso Bridge. The bridge is 194 feet over the Snake River on the Union Pacific's connection to the CP in Ea... (more)

Cab Ride on Joso Trestle; to this railfan it was one of those moments in life you never expected, but as we transitioned onto the bridge I was supercharged with an excitement that was laced... (more)

There's not a great deal of traffic on UP's Ayer sub, but I saw this train going through Cheney and sprinted the 95 miles to this location well in advance, even stopping briefly to admire the scen... (more)

Northbound empty Canpotex, Inc. (Potash) train on UP's Ayer Sub.