On the afternoon of September 12, 1998, an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe train crosses the Clark Fork and passes the mile 210.3 semaphore east of Quinns, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s... (more)

Fog hangs low in the valley as an early morning westbound loaded Coal Train with BNSF No. 9304 and mate, roll along the Clark Fork River near Plains Montana. Coal makes up a lot of the traffic o... (more)

Westbound along the Clark fork River a quartet of BNSF engines with a string of hoppers breaks the silence on a beautiful Montana Morning

Montana Rail Link Gas Local rolls eastbound along the Clark fork River on a beautiful Montana Morning.

A pair of colorful warbonnets power a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight through Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, on July 1, 2001. Leading the train is former Santa Fe EMD SD75M... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD SD45 No. 355 leads the Laurel to Bozeman local through the sweeping curve along the Yellowstone River approaching Elton, Montana, on the afternoon of July 2, 2019.

A BNSF freight led by Dash 9 No. 5076 climbs Winston Hill passing milepost 215 east of Winston, Montana, on July 4, 2018. Ample spring moisture provided some locations with wildflowers, like these... (more)

Deciduous trees begin to take on the bright colors of autumn and an early overnight snow has dusted the evergreens of Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, on October 5, 2005. In bright morning lig... (more)

After stopping for a meet with the westbound Montana Rail Link local out of Laurel, BNSF7564 starts it train of auto racks moving east. The sunset after a very stormy day was full of color with sn... (more)

Greenhorn warbonnets
Climbing Mullan Pass, a westbound BNSF manifest freight works up the 2.2% grade at Greenhorn Trestle between Weed and Skyline, Montana, on June 29, 2016. Two warbon... (more)

Fresh from the factory UP8031 digs into the 10 degree curves of the Austin Loops on the 2.2% battle for Mullan Pass. The rail was still wet from a passing storm, and sounds of slipping wheels, R... (more)

A BNSF freight crosses 576-foot Fish Creek Bridge at Rivulet, Montana, on June 30, 2019, heading westbound on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision.

After a few days in Sturgis it was time to get back to railroading. I camped beneath a cottonwood tree beside the tracks and watched the passing of trains through the night - some with five unit s... (more)

A westbound BNSF grain train rumbles through Quebec, Montana, at sunset on June 24, 2019.

108 loads of crude oil have started their battle with gravity as they head west out of Helena and climb up and over the Continental Divide.