A Palouse River & Coulee City train works south through the elevators and silos of Spangle, Wash.
Big things come in big packages! A week before Christmas, we're moving an early gift for the city of Moscow: a 600,000 pound transformer! Moved on a special 12-axle depressed flat, the new ... (more)
Winding Road: Washington & Idaho's "Highball" heads south near Spangle, Washington on an early spring day in April, 2011. Leading the train is a GP16, GP30 and FP9.
Out in the wide open, the '16 and her train get up to the 25mph track speed. In the background, Upper Columbia Academy houses 9-12 grade students.
Pushing hard on the throttle south out of Spangle, the '16 startles a few ponies.
Having just picked up GP16 316, the Washington & Idaho "Highball," digs in and notches out at Spangle, Wash. on the afternoon of April 8, 2011.
After setting out a few dozen empty grain hoppers and WIR 20 at Spangle, a W&I grain shuttle (with BNSF road power) works southward through the fertile Palouse toward its ultimate destination at O... (more)
A first since Amtrak was born! All cleaned and polished, the 04' leads The Washington & Idaho VIP passenger special between Plaza and Marshall, making it the first passenger train on the li... (more)
The rear DPU of Washington & Idaho's "Big Train" whine in B5ish going down the very visible 1% grade into Spangle. This special BNSF/W&I train gives Palouse wheat farmers a cheap, efficient way to... (more)
Washingtion & Idaho train heads north towards Spangle and eventually Marshal. I don't know if the engineer will ever see this, but is he does, I want to say thank you, he gave me one heck of a ch... (more)
Washingtion & Idaho train headed north bound towards Marshal.
PCC 2353 leads a northbound with 41 cars.