A Union Pacific intermodal crosses a berm over Lindsey Lake in the late afternoon.

With Labor Day weekend in full swing, a BNSF grain passes Hewett Lake in the Columbia River Gorge.

Up to thirty-six years ago, it was possible to spot a Milwaukee Road freight crossing over the BN's right of way. Presently, the remaining bridge columns stand as a testament to the once-traveled ... (more)

Cutting through the grain elevators of Ritzville, a portable pipeline rolls westward down the Lakeside Subdivision.

The MRL's famed Gas Local crosses a small trestle outside Arlee.

A railfan waves to the crew of a passing westbound as the train enters the city limits of Thompson Falls.

Hot on the tail of a loaded coal train, an empty coal hopper transfer drifts down the west side of Mullan Pass.

Heaving its way up the grade, an export coal gives it all its got on the climb up Mullan Pass.

Almost an hour after receiving a go-ahead to depart Livingston, a loaded BNSF grain shows itself a mile before the highest point of its grade. The prime movers can be heard at full throttle in the... (more)

As it nears the peak of its trip over the Continental Divide, a BNSF manifest passes over the last of two tall trestles on the MRL's Mullan Pass.

Beginning in 1902, the Great Northern began navigating its trains between Jennings and Columbia Falls, Montana on a new right of way partially following the Kootenai River. This route bypassed a l... (more)

Navigating its way eastward, an empty oil train follows the Kootenai River as it prepares to diverge at CP Troy, where the train will come to a halt to meet a westbound manifest.

Though Summer is in full swing in the small town of Sandpoint, boats still sit in the local marina, awaiting a call out to sea, er, Lake Pend Oreille. An empty portable pipeline crosses over Sand ... (more)