The thick smoke from wildfires further west subsides briefly to allow the sun to illuminate a westbound BNSF manifest working its way past Kootenai Falls on BNSF's Kootenai Subdivision between Whitefish,MT and Spokane,WA.
Landscape photography is difficult due to the challenge of combining good light and good scenery. Good railroad photography enters another level of complexity since it requires the first two while there is a train in view.