At 8:20 p.m. on a cloudy May 19, 2013, the sun finally breaks through some departing clouds and brilliantly illuminates a westbound coal train west of Trout Creek, Montana.

The fading sun drops over the hills as it reflects off of the Columbia River and the Roberts Bank, BC coal train. The coal drag is hustling to Towal where it will meet Amtrak who is holding the m... (more)