What a photo angle this would have been for shooting the Milwaukee Road! A train would emerge from Tunnel 9, slalom through the remainder of 16-Mile canyon, cross 16-Mile Creek twice, then make a ... (more)

In low afternoon sun, a westbound BNSF coal train skirts the shore of a tranquil Missouri River in Lombard Canyon west of Lombard, Montana, on June 25, 2017

As the sun sets on June 29, 2016, an eastbound BNSF grain empty curves into Lombard, Montana, on the busy main line of Montana Rail Link. In a few hours, the colorful clouds will build into impres... (more)

A westbound BNSF manifest freight follows the bend in the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon just west of Lombard, Montana, on June 24, 2015. A pair of GE ES44ACs power the train—one BNSF and a vi... (more)

At 8:36 p.m. on June 28, 2016, some of the last sunlight of the day lights up the tracks of Montana Rail Link through Lombard, Montana, illuminating a glowing six-car Helena local approaching the ... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal train snakes along the Missouri River through Lombard Canyon between Toston and Lombard, Montana, late in the afternoon of June 25, 2016. Three “elephant-style” EMD SD70... (more)

Late in the day of June 29, 2016, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local rumbles through Lombard Canyon, Montana, with seven cars for Helena yard. This is probably the last time I will ever photograph... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local waits at the east end of Lombard siding for the passage of an eastbound BNSF grain empty on June 29, 2016. The local had a difficult time getting to Trident and ... (more)

A westbound Montana Rail Link ballast train slowly moves past maintenance-of-way forces working on track at Lombard, Montana, on June 20, 2014. The train is powered by two rebuilt SD40s that MRL l... (more)

On Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision, an eastbound BNSF grain empty meets a westbound BNSF vehicle train at Lombard, Montana, late in the afternoon of July 1, 2016. The Missouri River is on... (more)

A westbound BNSF grain train negotiates Lombard Canyon between Lombard and Toston, Montana, on the morning of June 27, 2016. This scenic canyon along the Missouri River is located on Montana Rail ... (more)

Trundling westbound along the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon between Lombard and Toston, Montana, is Montana Rail Link Locomotive Crane No. 100301 on May 15, 2013. Mated on the east end of the s... (more)

BNSF 5919 leads an older Heritage I Dash 9 east on an empty coal train as it snakes along the Missouri River near its headwaters just north of Lombard, MT. The area is fairly remote, enjoyed by fi... (more)

On the afternoon of June 29, 2016, a westbound BNSF freight twists along the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision.

Tracing the banks of the Missouri River through impressive Lombard Canyon is Montana Rail Link's Missoula to Laurel manifest freight just west of Lombard, Montana, on a perfect June 26, 2015. The ... (more)