A short northbound Nampa, ID to Spokane, WA manifest (a new train created as a result of the recent major down-sizing of Hinkle Yard) emerges from Tunnel 14 in the rugged Palouse River Canyon, clo... (more)

Under a crystal clear early autumn sky, an evening northbound manifest crawls flies high over the Snake River on the massive expanse of Joso Bridge, preparing for a meet with a southbound at Joso ... (more)

A northbound empty grain train with all CP power (two on the point and one DPU) heads up the Palouse River Canyon approaching the spur at Park amid springtime desert greens.

BNSF 6209 leads a loaded Boardman, OR coal train across the Joso bridge over the Snake River in southeastern Washington. This movement is typically a combination of BNSF-Laurel-MRL-Spokane-UP for ... (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)

BNSF 1434 switches at the west end of Ayer yard at sunset along the Snake River. The train makes a turn from Pasco, WA to Ayer to interchange traffic with WATCO's Great Northwest Railway which han... (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)

After meeting a northbound M-HKETB at Joso siding, an 18,000 ton potash train rumbles slowly across the massive Joso Bridge in southeast Washington, soaring nearly 200 feet above the Snake River.

On a windy but sunny early spring day in the Pacific Northwest, CP's southbound "Royal Canadian Pacific" consist, pulled by a matching A-B-A set of F-units, soars high above the Snake Ri... (more)

Two GE's and two EMD's lead a long northbound empty grain train slowly across the gargantuan Joso Bridge, vaulting across the canyon of the Snake River on UP's scenic Ayer Sub.

The entirety of a massive 129-car unit Canpotex potash train can be seen as the train heads south down the scenic Palouse River Canyon at Park. The two DPU's can be seen in the distance.

An empty unit coal train on its return journey from the Boardman Power Plant to the Powder River Basin winds its way through the reverse curves between Port Kelley and Wallula on UP's Ayer Sub. Th... (more)

From a vantage point across the river on the BNSF side, a northbound manifest is seen snaking its way through the reverse curves between Juniper and Wallula along the south side of the Columbia Ri... (more)

Amid vibrant springtime colors, a southbound UP manifest vaults over the ravine between Tunnels 10 and 11 in the the Palouse River Canyon. Upon emerging from Tunnel 10, the train will pass Joso si... (more)

Two CP units lead a southbound manifest down the Palouse Canyon through Tunnel 14, the first of five tunnels within just over a mile of track.