With the Clark Fork River at an unusually low level following a long winter, three H3's lead an empty unit coal train slowly across the river approaching the west switch of Colby in the final minu... (more)

Flying East, 10,800 horsepower from three SD45's hustle 8,000 feet of manifest traffic out of Livingston on a spectacular Fall morning.

Deep in the Kootenai River Gorge of western Montana, an eastbound manifest twists its way through the seemingly endless curves and tunnels that characterize this long and slow stretch of BNSF's No... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train snakes through Big 10 Curve on the afternoon of June 9, 2013. In the foreground are two AC4400CWs being used as rear DPUs going through Eisele (formerly Clay)... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s gas local arrives at Pipeline at Thompson Falls, Montana, on a snowy February 9, 2014 as a state highway plow scrapes by on Highway 200. The train is led by MRL SD40-2XR Nos.... (more)

On a beautiful early spring day, a westbound intermodal train passes beneath the rock cliffs of the Cabinet Gorge, having just entered Idaho several minutes ago. In the distance, traces of a long ... (more)

Amtrak’s California Zephyr, curves westbound through Tunnel 40 in scenic Little Gore Canyon west of Azure, Colorado, on August 21, 2014.

Several minutes after the sun had set, the sky was still alive with color above Lake Pend Oreille as a westbound manifest rolled across the famous bridge over the lake.

Canadian National train No. 348 climbs out of Jasper, Alberta, at English on CN’s Edson Subdivision on July 14, 2013.

A westbound Union Pacific coal train with six locomotive on the head end are passing through East Eisele, Colorado, on June 2, 2012. The last few cars of the long train are below and are about to ... (more)

As a brief hole in the clouds opens to allow sunlight to shine down on the meadows east of Bonners Ferry, an eastbound empty grain train nears the crossovers at CP1366 among early autumn color. Th... (more)

A bit of lingering fog dances on the surface of the calm water, as a westbound BNSF freight heads across the causeway between the Clark Fork River (on the left), and Frog Pond, west of Trout Creek... (more)

A quartet of SD9043MAC's lead a northbound empty unit grain train up the 1% climb out of the Kootenai River Valley between Bonners Ferry and Moyie Springs, seen here emerging from Tunnel 2. On the... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal empty clatters across the Clark Fork at Noxon, Montana, on the afternoon of February 8, 2014. This scenic location is on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision.

The eastbound Rio Grande Ski Train exits Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado, on March 21, 1997. A pair (only three built and painted for D&RGW) of Rio Grande EMD GP60s power the passenger trai... (more)