Engine 8154 leads a westbound freight over the Crystal Creek trestle near West Glacier, Montana.

Engine 7511 leads a westbound freight train along the banks of the Flathead River, skirting Glacier National Park's southern boundary.

Emerging out of thick morning fog, an eastbound BNSF freight rumbles across Noxon Bridge over the Clark Fork west of Noxon, Montana, just after sunrise on October 2, 2014.

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)

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)

The engineer of the BNSF 7634 West keeps the hammer down West of Big Timber on MRL's 2nd Subdivision with a detouring stack train in tow. Intermodal can be found on the MRL at times, typically due... (more)

A massive late spring storm covering several states temporarily gives a break to a few rays of sunshine as a westbound export coal train glides along the banks of Missouri River. This storm will b... (more)

A westbound BNSF grain train leans into a superelevated curve on an arcing fill along the Clark Fork between Noxon and Heron, Montana, on May 4, 2012.

BNSF ES44C4 6844 is seen leading a westbound grain having just crossed Marias Pass - 15/09/2013

BNSF ES44DC 7419 is seen leading an eastbound grain at Bison, Mt - 15/09/2013

An eastbound BNSF coal train passes through Lombard, Montana, on the eve of September 11, 2011. Smoke from western wildfires enhances the colors of a pretty sunset over the Missouri River and Lomb... (more)

Kicking up the heels
Now that winter’s icy grip has arrived, another scene from this past autumn feels a bit nicer and warmer. On October 2, 2013, at Frog Pond west of Trout Creek, Monta... (more)

As a couple of ice fisherman try their luck at the inlet where Trout Creek enters the upper region of the Noxon Reservoir (Clark Fork), an eastbound BNSF grain train (XTACHWM) crosses the bridge a... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train is at Shed 10 east of Java, Montana, on the autumn day of October 6, 1997 on Marias Pass. Two new “Heritage I” GE C44-9Ws power the train,... (more)

Grain empties head back to the prairies for another load.