Amtrak #8 pulls into the station at Shelby for it's daily stop while an empty crude oil train waits to follow them out of town.

Epping, ND bound crude oil empties have just come to a stop at Shelby, MT to let Amtrak #8 arrive and depart ahead of them.

Amtrak's eastbound Seattle-Chicago "Empire Builder" has just departed Shelby on time, speeding eastward on BNSF's Hi Line Sub.

Amtrak's Empire Builder is well ahead of schedule stopped at the station in Shelby, MT about 20 minutes early... much to the dismay of the crew on CREX 1327 east who has to wait for their departur... (more)

CREX ES44AC 1327 leads an empty crude oil train eastward on BNSF's Hi Line Sub, destined for another load at Epping, ND.

A trio of BNSF SD40-2s assemble a local for various customers around Cutbank, MT.

BNSF's Havre local speeds away from Shelby with a short train for its namesake town.

EMD power leads this Tacoma to Chicago stack train east of Shelby MT.

It is unusual to see MRL locomotives on the Montana high line. I have seen MRL 330 along with MRL 327 several times in the past few weeks.

One of the last original Great Northern signals stands guard over the Empire Builder at Shelby Montana

BNSF at its best. A high speed container trains runs around a slower moving mixed freight.

Eastbound grain empties roll through the strategic junction town of Shelby after having crossed Marais Pass

An odd lashup to see on BNSF's northern transcon ... a Soo SD60 (assuming this is a CP trackage rights train), followed by two ex-Chessie geeps, re-branded to ?? The junction south to Great Fal... (more)

The eastbound Empire Builder accelerates away from its station stop at Shelby.

Under Montana`s big sky, a BNSF manifest freight rolls east across the high plains through the small township of Devon.