BNSF 6524 heads a westbound freight towards Spokane on the Montana Rail Link between Noxon and Heron, MT. Cold temperatures, sunlight and fresh snow helped make for a postcard scene. The trailing ... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train headed for Centralia, WA crosses the Clark Fork at Noxon, MT on Montana Rail Link. Coal traffic has increased on MRL with the growth in export coal through Roberts Bank... (more)

Loaded grain train heads west along MRL's 4th Sub and the beautiful Clark Fork River.

An eastbound BNSF manifest rolls along the Clark Fork River while on the MRL. Part of the NP's original grade through the area can be seen in the foreground (the line was relocated in the late 195... (more)

An eastbound BNSF stack train rolls along the MRL as the sun burns through early morning clouds.

A pair of NS GEs look pretty sharp in the scenery found along MRL's ex-NP line along the Clark Fork River in western Montana.

Westbound grain loads get a shove from this DP unit on MRL.

This former GN SDP40 rolls west with a work train along the ex-NP in western Montana between Noxon and Heron.

Westbound BNSF HGALPAS (Galesburg to Pasco) freight reflects over a curved fill along the Clark Fork between Noxon and Heron, Montana, on the afternoon of May 20, 2013. Powering the train is GE C4... (more)

BNSF 6367 heads a coal train west on Montana Rail Link over the Clark Fork near Noxon, MT. This train will terminate in Roberts Bank, BC.

BNSF 5361 and BNSF 6375, an ES44AC lead a westbound coal train towards Roberts Bank, BC. The train was captured a couple miles west of Noxon, MT on the Montana Rail Link.

The long hike up the mountainside was worth it when this westbound BNSF manifest freight with a Santa Fe Dash 9, a Burlington Northern SD40-2, and a Santa Fe B40-8, rolled across the Clark Fork Ri... (more)

An eastbound BNSF grain train travels Montana Rail Link’s scenic Fourth Subdivision between Heron and Noxon, Montana, on May 4, 2012.

Can't you just imagine a fish lurking in that clear water? A new BNSF ES44C4 leads a westbound grain train on a fill west of Noxon, Montana, on MRL's 4th Subdivision.