Following placid water of the Missouri River through Lombard Canyon above Toston Dam is an eastbound BNSF coal empty between Toston and Lombard, Montana, late in the afternoon of June 25, 2017.

A heavy 100-car Union Pacific Herzog ballast train plods westbound up the two-percent grade of the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. The train is climbing through four tunnels at South Draw just east of ... (more)

Under a big Montana sky, Montana Rail Link’s MMISLAU (Missoula to Laurel manifest) freight approaches Winston on the morning of July 3, 2018.

With a single locomotive fore and aft, an eastbound BNSF vehicle train follows the Missouri River as it exits Lombard Canyon at Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of July 2, 2017. On the opposite ... (more)

Led by venerable Burlington Northern EMD E9 No. 9913, a westbound BN “Dinky” commuter train storms into Lisle, Illinois, on the afternoon of March 3, 1990.

BN intermodal train 1, powered by a pair of LMX GE B39-8 locomotives, approaches Shed 10 as it descends Marias Pass between Blacktail and Java, Montana, on the afternoon of February 29, 1992.

An eastbound BNSF grain empty passes the old Northern Pacific-era stock pens and loading chutes still located along Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision at Toston, Montana, on the morning of J... (more)

At the end of a cold December 7, 1996, day, Wisconsin Central train 47 diverges onto the connection track at Duplainville, Wisconsin, for the trip back home to North Fond du Lac. Train Nos. 46 and... (more)

At the bottom of the inner depths of Royal Gorge where Rio Grande trains once ran, is the passenger train of Royal Gorge Route Railroad on August 26, 2021. The view is looking down from the famous... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train loops out of Austin, Montana, while climbing Mullan Pass west of Helena on October 7, 2020. Four Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACes on the mid-train manned helper grind upg... (more)

An eastbound BNSF vehicle train traces the Missouri River past Toston Dam in Lombard Canyon between Toston and Lombard, Montana, on June 25, 2016.

A Canadian National freight crosses the Chicago & North Western’s branch line to Troy Grove between Waterman and Shabbona, Illinois, on April 2, 1995. Powering the westbound train is a pair of u... (more)

Four brand-new Burlington Northern Santa Fe “Heritage I” GE C44-9Ws lead a westbound grain train out of Shed 10.7 east of Java, Montana, while crossing Marias Pass on the beautiful autumn afte... (more)

Heading for the interchange with BNSF at Connell, Columbia Basin Railroad’s turn out of Warden rolls southbound past milepost 173 and the elevator at Koren, Washington, on September 28, 2021.

Montana Rail Link’s night gas local cruises along the Clark Fork approaching Plains, Montana, late in the afternoon of June 26, 2020.