A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe Q train passes through a cut approaching O’Rea Road grade crossing while climbing Bozeman Pass near Hoppers, west of Livingston, Montana, on the afternoo... (more)

For a few days this summer the usual SD70 pair for the gas local was broken up as #4408 was taken offline and replaced with #253, an SD40. This was a rare opportunity to see a conventional cab bac... (more)

MRL's Laurel-Missoula heads up the grade just outside of Helena. This train overnighted in town after arriving late at night and finally got a crew the next day, after getting helpers added onto t... (more)

With a GP35 and SD40-2XR on the point, Montana Rail Link's Logan Local rounds the bend at the Missouri Headwaters State Park and approaches Trident, Montana with cars for the GCC cement plant. The... (more)

A Laurel-bound manifest out of Pasco is on its last leg of its journey as it enters into the darkness of night at Big Timber. With the Crazy Mountains dominating the background, the final reflec... (more)

Brilliant light of the setting sun illuminates a westbound BNSF manifest freight cruising along the Clark Fork between Noxon and Heron, Montana, at 8:47 p.m. on June 30, 2022.

An eastbound BNSF grain empty drops downgrade out of Weed, Montana, and through expansive Iron Ridge cut on Montana Rail Link’s Mullan Pass on the morning of June 29, 2022. The cut bypasses the ... (more)

After meeting two westbound trains in Quebec siding on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision, an eastbound BNSF vehicle train departs under layers of colorful clouds at sunset on June 24, 2019.

An eastbound BNSF grain train crosses Bridge 55 spanning the inlet of Trout Creek into the Clark Fork at Trout Creek, Montana, on the picture perfect day of July 5, 2022.

A loaded oil train heads west above the Clark Fork River.

An eastbound BNSF train speeds over a local grade crossing.

A westbound intermodal train rounds an s-curve near Avon.

After helping a westbound BNSF train over Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, a set of Montana Rail Link SD70ACes slowly makes its way downgrade between Weed and Austin on July 6, 2022. They are ... (more)

The last in a series of westbound trains up Winston Hill this evening was the MRL Helena Local heading back west to Helena from Townsend.

The second in a series of westbound trains up Winston Hill this evening was this Alliance, TX to Portland, OR intermodal train with Boeing 737 fuselages up front.