Along the banks of Lake Pend Oreille, the DP of an eastbound X-PSAHAS holds the main through Hope while a westbound coal train for Canada holds in the siding.

On a cloudy afternoon in the Pacific Northwest, BNSF H-LAUPAS1-05A holds the main as they pass the E-CECRWM0-07A at the east end of the Hope, Idaho siding.

Lone BNSF GE ES44C4 No. 6844 leads a westbound BNSF unit oil train through the curves at Hope, Idaho, on February 13, 2024. The cantilever searchlight signals at both ends of the siding here are c... (more)

On February 13, 2024, an eastbound BNSF coal empty curves along the shoreline of scenic Lake Pend Oreille as it approaches Hope, Idaho. The train recently passed through Sandpoint and is now runni... (more)

An all-to-common engineroom fire has also damaged paint and logos on the side of BNSF GE C44-9W No. 4465, seen in the locomotive consist on an eastbound BNSF Q train running through Hope, Idaho, o... (more)

Westbound coal train under the classic Northern Pacific signal cantilever.

An empty Centralia coal train passes under a Searchlight Signal bridge on a cool May morning.

With just moments of light left on MRL's 4th Subdivision, a loaded coal train bound for Robert's Bank British Columbia swings under the E. Hope Cantilever signal bridge. The vintage BNSF H1 paint ... (more)

BNSF westbound grain train snakes through Hope,ID

An westbound BNSF coal train on the Montana Rail Link at Hope, Idaho.

The old colors and the new ride in tandem as an eastbound BNSF freight rolls along Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivision between Hope and Clark Fork, ID. The Santa Fe SFD40-2 is a nice touch. Fuji A... (more)

BNSF 8358 leads a loaded grain shuttle west along the shore of Lake Pend Oreille on the west end of Montana Rail Link. The train will enter BNSF rails at Sandpoint for the last lap into Hauser, ID... (more)

BNSF 9322 leads a train load of coal west near Hope, ID in rather dismal wintery weather, just warm enough for drizzle. The train is on Montana Rail Link about a half hour east of its Sand Point j... (more)

Skirting the shore of Lake Pend Oreille just west of Hope, Idaho, is a westbound BNSF train led by Santa Fe GE C44-9W No. 694 on the afternoon of September 5, 2003.

The sun finally peeks thru the overcast ceiling as a westbound on the Montana Rail Link rolls somewhere east of Sandpoint.