Steam rises into cold air as fog has just about burned off on the morning of October 2, 2014. Silence is broken on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision when eastbound BNSF MSPOLAU (Spokane to ... (more)

A clash of seasons
An early autumn snowfall in the higher elevations of Mullan Pass surrounds Austin Creek Trestle (a.k.a. Skyline Trestle) at Skyline, Montana, on October 11, 1997. Low... (more)

An eastbound BNSF freight crosses Noxon Bridge west of Noxon, Montana, just after sunrise on October 2, 2014. Fog is quickly burning off over the Clark Fork this cool morning on Montana Rail Link�... (more)

With late season thunderstorms rumbling over the Bookcliffs in the background, Union Pacific’s LJP45 “dirt train” local approaches Mounds, Utah, late on the afternoon of November 21, 2003. R... (more)

At 8:19 p.m. and with only a few moments of sunlight left on the tracks, eastbound Canadian National freight No. 348 approaches Devona, Alberta, below Windy Point on July 10, 2014. British Columbi... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, has just exited 294-foot Tunnel 39 and is now threading 63-foot Tunnel 40 in the heart of Little Gore Canyon between Azure and Radium, Colorado, on t... (more)

With dark clouds and storms surrounding Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 17, 2014, a BNSF coal train snakes along the Missouri River in scenic Lombard Canyon on Montana Rail Link’s Sec... (more)

A westbound BNSF grain train crosses Fish Creek Trestle at Rivulet, Montana, on May 15, 2013. This 576-foot trestle is officially known as MRL Bridge 165, and was used in a few key scenes in the S... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local crosses the Clark Fork at Paradise, Montana, on September 13, 2011. Powering the train today are two EMD GP9s, Nos. 113 and 127, heading eastbound to switch Tr... (more)

Anticipation
Winter air is laden with moisture and a light fog swirls in the airy blue hour of dusk on January 25, 2013. Stillness of the moment is broken as a distant air horn blowing ... (more)

A Union Pacific coal train arcs through Big 10 Curve on the afternoon of June 9, 2013. In the foreground are two AC4400CWs being used as rear DPUs going through Eisele, Colorado. Directly below is... (more)

A Canadian Pacific grain train traverses Black Canyon of the Thompson River west of Ashcroft, British Columbia, on June 25, 2006. One pair each of General Electric ES44AC and AC4400CW locomotives ... (more)

Two EMD F40PHs lead Amtrak No. 8, the Empire Builder, across the celebrated Two Medicine Bridge at East Glacier, Montana, surrounded by a clear, cool winter wonderland in Glacier National Park.

Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 storms by with a freight train during a crisp February 7, 2006, sunrise. The action takes place on the Heber Valley Railroad out of Heber, Utah, during a winter photo f... (more)

Canadian National train No. 102 curves through Swan Landing near Brule, Alberta, on the afternoon of July 15, 2013. The CN main line here skirts Brule Lake, with scenic Jasper National Park provid... (more)