An eastbound BNSF freight crosses the long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille at Sandpoint, Idaho, on the evening of September 4, 2003.

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On the gorgeous summer afternoon of June 28, 2006, an eastbound BNSF intermodal train crosses the bridge over Lake Pend Oreille at Sandpoint, Idaho.

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A westbound Union Pacific grain train bends through a snow-covered “S curve” at Topaz, Idaho, on January 20, 2013.

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The official low temperature the night before at Pocatello was -6°F, but it was even colder at American Falls, Idaho, the morning of January 21, 2013, as an eastbound Union Pacific autorack train crosses the bridge over the steaming Snake River below American Falls Dam. An old abandoned powerhouse sits directly below the bridge.

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An eastbound Union Pacific autorack train crosses the bridge over the icy Snake River below American Falls Dam. We saw seven trains here at American Falls, Idaho on this cold January 21, 2013 morning on the Nampa Subdivision.

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