Heading west along the Missouri River, a BNSF coal train plays tag with the sun and cloud shadows as it trundles through Lombard Canyon passing the east switch of Lombard siding on a beautiful aft... (more)

A westbound BNSF manifest freight train curves along the Missouri River past the townsite of Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 30, 2018. The train passing under the abandoned right-of-way... (more)

An eastbound BNSF freight passes the abandoned Milwaukee Road’s Pacific Extension bridge over the Missouri River and begins passage through the girder bridge spanning Sixteen Mile Creek at Lomba... (more)

On a crystal clear September 21, 2009, Montana Rail Link’s Missoula to Laurel manifest freight curves through the heart of Montana’s Lombard Canyon just west of the ghost town of Lombard.

With the towering cliffs above Lombard lighting up with the day’s last sunshine, a westbound BNSF coal train is dwarfed by their size as it approaches the east switch of Lombard siding on anothe... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s MLAUMIS (Laurel to Missoula manifest freight) edges the calm Missouri River in Lombard Canyon at Lombard, Montana, on September 22, 2009. Powering today’s freight is a pair... (more)

Heading east on Montana Rail Link’s main line across Montana, is a BNSF grain empty curving below the towering cliffs at Lombard, Montana, on the morning of July 1, 2017.

MRL 4308 and 4312 ease the Laurel-Missoula manifest around a tight curve along the Missouri River near Lombard, MT in the heart of Lombard Canyon. This is one of the few daily trains that actually... (more)

Not so long ago one could enjoy viewing the ML on Montana Rail Link with vintage EMD power. Here trailing a BNSF Dash 9 the train featured 2 SD40s, an SD45-2 and an SD45 as the train made its way ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s train No. 840, the Helena local, heads into Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 19, 2014, powered by a matching set of EMD SD40-2XRs (rebuilt SD40s), Nos. 262 and 263.

A BNSF oil train is negotiating six curves at once along the Missouri River as it works its way west through Lombard Canyon leaving Lombard, Montana, on a clear June 25, 2017.

The blue hour is wrapping up at 10:33 p.m. on June 19, 2014, with nightfall firmly settling over Lombard, Montana, as an eastbound BNSF freight exits the siding and Lombard Canyon trailing beads o... (more)

Passing tranquil waters of the Missouri River entering Lombard Canyon is a westbound BNSF coal train on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision late in the afternoon of July 2, 2017. The lead loc... (more)

Curving along the banks of the Missouri River at Lombard, Montana, on the morning of September 12, 2011, is Montana Rail Link’s 840 local powered by a matching set of MRL SD40-2XRs, Nos. 252 and... (more)

A westbound BNSF welded rail train crawls along the edge of the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon at Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 30, 2017.