A westbound BNSF manifest freight off of the Montana Rail Link rolls across the impressive bridge over Lake Pend Oreille and into East Algoma, Idaho, on BNSF busy line between Spokane and Sandpoin... (more)

A Wisconsin & Southern freight rolls south on Canadian National's Waukesha Subdivision just south of Duplainville, WI. SD40M-2 no. 4078 (former Utah Railway, CSX) and three mates lead the train.

A BNSF westbound manifest with a Warbonnet Dash 9, and two SD40-2s, rolls through spectacular Wind River Canyon, in July 1999.

A westbound BNSF grain train crosses over Montana Rail Link's Bridge 50 west of Childs, Montana.

Blue light has set in on a September evening in Winston, Montana, as two BNSF trains meet on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision. The westbound grain train (coming at you) is still working hard to... (more)

A cold Autumn rain comes down in the distant mountains as an eastbound BNSF manifest freight on Montana Rail Link's 3rd Subdivision crosses the Clark Fork River in Bonner, Montana. The train is l... (more)

The conductor (or assistant engineer) of Montana Rail Link's Harrison Local opens a cattle gate across the tracks of MRL's 6th Subdivision Branch Line near Harrison. Since this is open range witho... (more)

BNSF GP40M No. 3002 blasts upgrade in the late afternoon light with a manifest freight at Tobin, Montana. Montana's capital city, Helena, lies in the valley below. This is just west of the beginni... (more)

An eastbound BNSF empty military train (Ft. Lewis, WA-Ft. Hood, TX) with KCS and UP locomotives, rolls under the former Milwaukee Road right of way at Lombard, Montana, on the Montana Rail Link. A... (more)

A Union Pacific detour off of the Sunset Route, heads eastbound on the BNSF Transcon at Darling, Arizona. An SD70M leads the train.

A westbound JLAUINB ("Boeing Special") with three Boeing 737 fuselages rolls westbound near Jens, Montana, on Montana Rail Link's 3rd Subdivision.

Low-hanging clouds obscure the surrounding mountains, as Montana Rail Link's Paradise Local with a pair of GP9s departs its namesake town. The local is headed east to serve a customer near St. Reg... (more)

Montana Rail Link's 840 Local from Helena glides along the Missouri River just north of Trident, Montana. Leading the local are SD45(-2) no. 328, and SD45-2 no. 308.

A gorgeous Nebraska sunset unfolds as an eastbound BNSF coal train rolls alongside a waiting westbound coal with a single ES44AC DPU.

A Copper Basin Railway loaded dump train led by a former Chesapeake & Ohio Railway GP39 rolls through the short Tunnel No. 2 just east of Ray Junction, Arizona.