Lombard Canyon reflections
Traversing Lombard Canyon on the morning of September 15, 2012, an eastbound BNSF freight (probably a combined BNSF Spokane-Laurel/Montana Rail Link Missoula-... (more)

Montana Rail Link F45 No. 391, on the point of MRL’s LM freight, glints off the still waters of the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon, Montana, on the afternoon of September 11, 1995. The train h... (more)

A BNSF Kansas City-Pasco manifest freight, with a cut of Boeing 737 fuselages, rolls through Lombard, Montana. The train is passing the bridge over the Missouri River of the abandoned Milwaukee Ro... (more)

A westbound BNSF freight rolls through Lombard, Montana, on a clear night. This is where the Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension rolled over the Northern Pacific/Burlington Northern main. The span ov... (more)

BNSF's Pasco-Galesburg hugs the Missouri River deep in Lombard Canyon.

Gliding along the Mighty Mo, two EMD's handle an empty Centralia, WA to Spring Creek Mine coal train through the impressive Lombard Canyon.

Moonlight over Lombard
At 8:43 p.m. on the night of September 9, 2011, a BNSF coal train curves into Lombard, Montana, under a bright moon. Headlights of the westbound train lights up t... (more)

The glowing cliffs of Lombard
A BNSF coal train lights up the cliffs that tower above the Montana Rail Link main line at Lombard, Montana, on the evening of September 9, 2011 at 8:43 p.... (more)

Montana Rail Link's ML (Missoula to Laurel) freight curves eastbound along the Missouri River through Lombard Canyon, Montana, on August 9, 1996.

An eastbound BNSF empty coal train curves through Lombard Canyon on the Montana Rail Link on September 12, 2010.

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)

All 125 cars and 4 locomotives (two on each end), of this westbound loaded coal train bound for Centralia, Washington, can be seen as it curves along the Missouri River just west of Lombard, Monta... (more)

A BNSF eastbound freight on the Montana Rail Link, rolls along the Missouri River near Lombard, Montana. The eastbound train has a colorful consist which includes a Norfolk Southern (former Conrai... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel-Missoula manifest freight rolls along the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon, on MRL's 2nd Subdivision. The consist is two SD70ACe's and an SD40-2XR.

Lombard nocturne
At 11:07 p.m. on the night of September 11, 2011, a BNSF coal empty lights up the cliffs at Lombard, Montana, on the scenic Montana Rail Link.