Fog envelopes the town of Sandpoint and Lake Pend Oreille, as a westbound BNSF grain train makes its way across the "Funnel."

The crew of Montana Rail Link's Gas Local has just finished swapping loads for empties at Pipeline (just east of Thompson Falls), and is on it's way back to Missoula. Montana Rail Link SD40-2XR (r... (more)

A worker operates on a Wheeling & Lake Erie SD40 in the Brewster, Ohio, shops.

A trio of BNSF Dash 9s lead the MLAUPAS manifest freight westbound across Montana Rail Link's Bridge 50 west of Childs, Montana.

Two Union Pacific locomotives lead a coal train under the old coaling tower on Chicago & North Western's busy main line through DeKalb, Illinois.

Two fast-moving BNSF trains converge on the railroad’s double-track transcon in Crozier Canyon, Ariz. The BNSF is only in its first year of existence, but the motive power is all Santa Fe.

A CN northbound freight with an IC-lettered C44-9W, sets out cars in Duplainville, WI in a cold and snowy January day.

This eastbound coal train was photographed on Marent Viaduct east of Evaro, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s 10th Subdivision. Even though the SD60M on the lead has been stenciled with a small BN... (more)

A westbound BNSF grain train rolls through Lombard Siding on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision. The mighty Missouri River is like glass on this beautiful early Fall day.

An eastbound BNSF manifest freight glides across the Clark Fork River west of Toole, (near the old siding of Donlan) on Montana Rail Link's Fourth Subdivision. A BN SD40-2 and a Santa Fe B40-8W le... (more)

A few golfers watch the BNSF action as it crosses the 1st hole fairway at Forest Hills Golf Club in La Crosse, WI. This place is cool. If you like trains, and you like swinging a club, this is THE... (more)

A Montana Rail Link business car special rolls across Bridge 50 west of Childs, Montana. The two BNSF business cars, diner "Lake Superior" and "Santa Fe," were headed to Missoula to supplement MRL... (more)

Montana Rail Link's westbound Gas Local skirts the Clark Fork River as it approaches Plains, Montana. Just 10 cars for the local on this day. MRL's Gas Local carries gasoline, diesel fuel, as well... (more)

On May 29, 1995, a friend and I were driving home to Wisconsin after a Memorial Day weekend trip to Crawford Hill. We were headed east on Interstate 90 when we came across this surprise. Westbound... (more)

A full moon illuminates an old rusty car and what's left of Lombard, Montana, as a BNSF coal train rolls east. Lombard is where Milwaukee Road's Pacific Extension crossed the Northern Pacific's ma... (more)