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)
Soaring high above the Snake River, Union Pacific's 150th Anniversary Passenger Special rolls over the impressive Joso Viaduct at a cautious 10 MPH. The Joso Viaduct built in 1912 is 3920 feet lo... (more)
In celebration of its 150th anniversary, Union Pacific is running a special train around its system led by the famed trio of E9s. This morning the train departed Spokane after another successful ... (more)
A BNSF coal train bound for Portland General Electric's Boardman Power Plant is just south of Marengo,WA on UP's Ayer Sub in the waning light of 11/20/04
Portland-bound potash loads join the Columbia River at Wallula, Washington, a location which has long been a center of commerce. In the early 1800s this was the site of Fort Nez Percés, an impor... (more)