A westbound BNSF freight on MRL at Trout Creek, MT includes Boeing 737 fuselages in the consist as it rolls across the Frog Pond causeway west of town.

BNSF 7102 leads an eastbound empty grain train over the causeway at the frog pond along the Clark Fork near Trout Creek, MT at sunset.

It's fall at the frog pond as another coal train slogs west on the causeway that separates the pond from the Clark Fork at Trout Creek, MT. BNSF 6133 has DPU duties on late afternoon in early Octo... (more)

There's ice on the frog pond, but little or no snow as a coal train slogs west on the causeway that separates the pond from the Clark Fork at Trout Creek, MT. BNSF 6270 has DPU duties on this rath... (more)

The morning fog slowly lifts off the convergence of the Clark Fork River and the Trout Creek as a Westbound coal train destined for export at Roberts Bank, B.C. races over MRL's 4th Subdivision.

The colors of autumn frame an eastbound BNSF manifest freight passing over the causeway between Frog Pond and the Clark Fork just west of Trout Creek, Montana, on October 3, 2015.

Heading eastbound on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision at Trout Creek, Montana, on February 22, 2015, is a BNSF JINBWIC “Boeing Train” crossing the bridge at Milepost 55 over Trout Cree... (more)

Heading westward along the water level route of the very scenic Clark Fork river, a load of export coal temporarily interrupts the tranquillity of Frog Pond in the tiny community of Clark Fork.

The same train I saw earlier in the day in the Missoula yard passes over the Clark Fork at Trout Creek. This photo needed every minute of sunlight the summer solstice could provide. The shot was... (more)

This DPU is pushing hard on an east bound coal train moving at 50 mph on the MRL fourth sub.

The waters of Trout Creek are calm and smooth as the MRL business car special heads west to Kootenai, ID with a large group of people on board heading for a family reunion in Coeur D'Alene.

Passing an ice-encrusted Frog Pond west of Trout Creek, Montana, on February 22, 2015, is a westbound BNSF coal train led by SD70ACe No. 9141.

BN 2701, 2707 and 2737 head a westbound intermodal train along the Clark Fork at Tuscor, MT west of Trout Creek. these were the last new 4-axle EMD BN units delivered in the original BN scheme. Th... (more)

An eastbound BNSF Railway J-INBWIC9-20 "Boeing Train" rolls along the mostly frozen Frog Pond and the Clark Fork River west of Trout Creek, Montana, on Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivisio... (more)

After sunrise, a westbound BNSF coal train passes an icy Frog Pond west of Trout Creek, Montana, on February 24, 2015.