Early morning light peaks over the ridges and into the Clark Fork Valley as the westbound Montana Rail Link morning gas train rolls towards its destination of east Thompson Falls. The train will s... (more)

CP 8726 leads a westbound UP grain train into Dover, ID on the former GN mainline. The train will exit the GN line and resume travel on the former Spokane International at Dover.

DNE 28, hauling Northern Pacific Railway Historical Society excursion has stopped just short of Two Harbors on the North Shore Scenic Ry. The train will not be able to reach the station on this ru... (more)

Three months after shooting BNSF 7086 westbound in the snow, BNSF 3808 leads an eastbound Denver/Texas bound Q train through the same cut in lush spring conditions. The line is surrounded by orcha... (more)

SD70ACes BNSF 9206 and 9062 make a nice pair on the back of a westbound coal train crawling through Austin, MT and starting the final assault on Mullan Pass on Montana Rail Link.

BNSF 7086 grinds upgrade with a westbound stack train between Peshastin, WA and Leavenworth siding in blizzard conditions last February. Winter is back early this fall with our first snow hitting ... (more)

After working East Thompson Falls, the eastbound gas train makes good time heading back to Missoula along the Clark Fork. Today will head east from Paradise, MT on the 10th Sub. to Missoula along... (more)

A sunny, but chilly morning greets the westbound gas train from Missoula to East Thompson Falls, MT as a pair of SD70ACes near their destination with their train. They will switch the plant and he... (more)

POVA 1745 leads its train towards the junction with Union Pacific at Dover, ID on its way from Newport, WA to Sand Point, ID to interchange traffic with BNSF. It will wait for over two hours to ac... (more)

BNSF 2917 leads three GP60Bs and a GP60M with an 84 car train southbound along Loon Lake, WA on its way to Spokane. The train originated in Spokane the previous evening and interchanges with the K... (more)

DMIR 409 and a pair of Illinois Central SD40-2s grind up Proctor Hill with ore empties en route from the Duluth dock to Proctor Yard. In this view, Superior, WI and its refineries can be seen in t... (more)

BNSF 5708 and 1054 roll west from Wenatchee, WA near Monitor with a Boeing J train with a couple 737 fuselages and parts cars. The apple orchard to the left is almost ready to pick as some of the ... (more)

CP 8777 heads an empty coal train east out of Ft. Steele, BC in fall colors along the Kootenay River. The train is headed toward Fernie and one of the area coal mines.

BNSF 5633 hustles a Q or Z train west over the Spokane River in the Millwood area of Spokane. The former NP bridge is on the mainline between Parkwater Yard in Spokane and Hauser Yard Hauser, ID.

BNSF 6894 leads an oil train west over the Spokane River east of downtown Spokane. The former NP single track bridge can be a bottleneck for BNSF's busy mainline here.