Traveling along the blue waters of the Clark Fork, Montana Rail Link’s eastbound gas local has just crossed the Thompson River just east of Woodlin, Montana, on the morning of May 10, 2010.

The marshes at the mouth of the Clark Fork River are in a gradual period of transition from winter to spring as BNSF 6823 leads a westbound grain train out across the causeway leading towards Lake... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder crosses the Two Medicine River bridge at the east switch of Glacier Park as the mountains within the national park itself rest under a blanket of heavy snow.

Two GE's lead a westbound unit coal train along the blue waters of Lake Pend Oreille a few miles west of Hope, Idaho in beautiful evening light. In the distance is Warren Island, the largest of se... (more)

With the sun getting low in the sky to the west on a mid-September evening, an eastbound empty grain train sprints across the Pack River Fill on the northern edge of Lake Pend Oreille, just a few ... (more)

On a perfect summer day in the Montana Rockies, matched H1 SD40-2's lead a westbound officer special as it begins its descent of the west slope of Marias Pass, while the mountains along the southe... (more)

A pair of ES44's lead a heavy unit crude oil train westward through the rock cliffs and tunnels in the Kootenai River Gorge between Katka and Crossport, Idaho. The train is traversing the northern... (more)

In an extremely cold wind, an eastbound Burlington Northern freight is veiled in blowing snow at Grizzly, Montana, on March 3, 1989, beneath the looming scenic and rugged mountains of Glacier Nat... (more)

Westbound coal train 769 has exited Parkgate Tunnel as DPU CN 2825 assists on its rear. The head of the train is about to enter a double track stretch at Parkgate as the train heads west along the... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific intermodal train (probably the DVRVF) led by Rio Grande Tunnel Motor No. 5347, cruises by the towering sandstone cliffs east of Utaline, Colorado, on the afternoon of ... (more)

Canadian National train No. 310 departs Swan Landing, Alberta, along Brule Lake on the afternoon of July 7, 2014. CN EMD SD75I No. 5756 leads a pair of GE C44-9Ws (2577 and 2599) and EMD SD70M-2 N... (more)

Beneath the incredible backdrop of the Mission Mountains far to the east, a rare quartet of SD40-2's lead the westbound Night Gas through one of the few remaining locations with sunlight along the... (more)

Powered by a pair of EMD SD70Ms, an eastbound Union Pacific Z train is at Hermosa, Wyoming, on September 25, 2003.

A northbound coal empty was passing through Palmer Lake

While it may be an overdone location, being 12 years old while taking this picture, Marias Pass was more awesome than I could have ever imagined. Having just completed the long, slow climb from th... (more)