I was lucky to catch several trains at Noxon this day. This west bounder is accelerating out of the Noxon siding after an east bound train just rolled past.

Strolling West at track speed, MRL 4408 has no issue keeping the Silver Cloud passenger train at track speed, paralleling the incredibly scenic Clark Fork River on a sensational June afternoon.

Weather is rolling in as an eastbound BNSF coal train catches some afternoon sunlight passing through the Clark Fork Valley between Heron and Noxon, Montana, on February 24, 2015.

A westbound BN intermodal train cruises across the Clark Fork near Noxon, MT on the former NP mainline as it makes its way from Missoula to Spokane, WA and Pacific Northwest destinations. BN GP39-... (more)

A BNSF coal train heads east crossing the Clark Fork near the mouth of the Bull River. Smoke rolls in the sky from a nearby fire most likely from logging operations.

Morning fog is just about burned off as BNSF’s MSPOLAU freight crosses a calm Clark Fork west of Noxon, Montana, on October 2, 2014. Bracketing a trio of Montana Rail Link SD45s (Rebuilt by MRL ... (more)

BNSF HKCKSPO powered by only a pair of Montana Rail Link SD45s (Nos. 355 and 326) heads west between Noxon and Heron, Montana, on September 26, 2014. Earlier that morning, a traction motor fire on... (more)

On New Year's Eve, an H2 ES44 and a CSX AC44 lead a westbound unit grain train past a frozen backpool along the Clark Fork River between Noxon and Heron.

With the temperature lingering in the single digits on the morning of New Year's Eve, a westbound unit coal train flies across the Clark Fork River at Noxon, Montana beneath the formidable Cabinet... (more)

Emerging out of thick morning fog, an eastbound BNSF freight rumbles across Noxon Bridge over the Clark Fork west of Noxon, Montana, just after sunrise on October 2, 2014.

An eastbound BNSF coal empty clatters across the Clark Fork at Noxon, Montana, on the afternoon of February 8, 2014. This scenic location is on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision.

BNSF 4141 & 5009 are just about to cross the bridge over the Cabinet Gorge reservior, West of Noxon, Montana.

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 westbound “Boeing Special” J train (high/wide move) hurries along the Clark Fork between Noxon and Heron, Montana, on September 26, 2014.

A westbound BNSF grain train rumbles along the blue waters of the Clark Fork between Noxon and Heron, Montana, over MRL’s scenic Fourth Subdivision on October 2, 2014.