An eastbound BNSF manifest freight curves under the remains of Milwaukee Road’s curved bridge over the Missouri River at Lombard, Montana, on June 19, 2014.

A westbound BNSF manifest freight curves along the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon west of Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of May 15, 2013.

Tracing the banks of the Missouri River in the heart of Lombard Canyon west of Lombard, Montana, is a westbound BNSF coal train on June 25, 2015.

A westbound BNSF oil train follows the contours of the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon on the afternoon of June 25, 2015. The sinuous canyon is located on Montana Rail Link’s scenic Second Subd... (more)

On a beautiful afternoon in Lombard Canyon, a westbound BNSF coal train rumbles along the shore of the Missouri River west of Lombard, Montana, on June 25, 2015.

Crawling through Lombard siding is a westbound BNSF coal train on June 21, 2015. The train is crossing Sixteenmile Creek and is about to go under the location of the abandoned Milwaukee Road Pacif... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train rolls along the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon, as the Northern Lights dance overhead. This is on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision between Toston and Lombard, Mont... (more)

A beautiful morning greets Montana Rail Link’s Helena local as it curves through Lombard, Montana, on June 26, 2015. Two EMD SD70ACes power the train past the abandoned Milwaukee Road Pacific Ex... (more)

Traversing the scenic heart of Lombard Canyon, a westbound BNSF coal train slinks along the Missouri River west of Lombard, Montana, late in the day of June 25, 2015.

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest freight (MLAUMIS) snakes along the Missouri River through Lombard Canyon at Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 22, 2015. MRL EMD SD70ACes ... (more)

A BNSF Railway V-AUBKCK train (Vehicles-Auburn, Washington-Kansas City, Kansas) waits on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision main during a gorgeous moonlit evening in Lombard Canyon. Lombard, Mont... (more)

MRL's 840 Local, with two SD70ACe's, passes what was once the small canyon town of Lombard, so named for Milwaukee Road predecessor Montana Railroad's Chief Engineer Arthur B. Lombard.

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A colorful locomotive consist leads BNSF HPASKCK through Lombard Canyon just west of Lombard, Montana, on September 12, 2010. BNSF warbonnet C44-9W No. 729 leads HII sister No. 4536, former Conrai... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local heads eastbound through Lombard Canyon west of Lombard, Montana, on September 21, 2009. Powering the 840 is the usual pair of SD40-2XRs (rebuilt EMD SD40s)—Nos... (more)

The last rays of sun reaching the bottom of Lombard Canyon reflect off of an eastbound BNSF grain train approaching Lombard, Montana, on the eve of June 19, 2014.