As the early morning sunlight of an early summer day begins to shine into the winding Palouse River Canyon, a northbound empty grain train emerges from Tunnel 14 and passes along one of many narro... (more)

In the final minutes of golden evening light at then end of a beautiful fall day, the outbound Night Gas climbs Evaro Hill at Nagos as the sun casts a vibrant yellow on the grassy hills.

This last summer, I got my first chance to visit the Bellingham area, and with all costs covered! I attended a week-long Christian conference in town, and thanks to having my car, I was able to ta... (more)

A quick drop into Palouse Falls on a return trip from a spring break in Oregon allowed us to get a shot of a southbound Boardman coal train dropping down the Palouse River Canyon. The train is goi... (more)

Two days before my first day of high school, and as I was just getting used to my first non-point-and-shoot camera, we took a trip up to the Libby-Troy region for a weekend of shooting on the Koot... (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)

On a hot June day in the desert of eastern Washington, four SD9043MAC's and a CP ES44AC lead a northbound manifest up the remote and scenic Palouse River Canyon at Park between Joso and Hooper on ... (more)

It is already a week into spring, but you sure couldn't tell by the look of things on Marias Pass! On the last day of March, a westbound unit grain led by a pair of warbonnets drops down the west ... (more)

With the sun just minutes off the horizon, a trio of ES44's running elephant style lead a heavy stack train slowly climbing the 1% grade of Trinidad Hill up from the Columbia River on an early spr... (more)

On a hazy August evening, an eastbound K train slowly climbs over the vertical curve at the summit of the Blue Mountains at Kamela. Despite brown skies from forest fires in central Oregon, the eve... (more)

Morning fog is still burning off above the beautiful tourist town of Sandpoint, Idaho as a colorful westbound stack train crosses the famous bridge over Lake Pend Oreille.

Having just emerged from the fog, the eastbound Day Gas Local makes its way along the Jocko River between Ravalli and Arlee during peak fall colors. Despite it being 1:30 P.M., everything west of ... (more)

After making a pickup at Wallula that nearly tripled its train length, the southbound Spokane to Hinkle manifest navigates the reverse curves along the Columbia River between Wallula and Juniper, ... (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)

The day after Christmas, a westbound stack train tiptoes its way across the Clark Fork River bridge between Colby and Clark Fork, ID as the frozen Cabinet Mountains stand guard high above.