A bit of lingering fog dances on the surface of the calm water, as a westbound BNSF freight heads across the causeway between the Clark Fork River (on the left), and Frog Pond, west of Trout Creek... (more)

The sun is trying to burn off the morning fog as a single Canadian National SD60 heads north with a freight at Duplainville, WI.

It almost looks like Montana Rail Link Machinist Monty Holiday is at the throttle of a GP20, whereas in reality he is at the controls in the cab of the transfer table at MRL's Livingston Shops. LR... (more)

What's left of Montana Rail Link SD45-2 No. 301 is suspended slightly off of the ground while it is jostled into position by a contract scrapper for further incisions with a cutting torch. The wor... (more)

A westbound BNSF empty coal train rolls across the impressive Valley City bridge. The train is headed up by a BNSF SD70MAC, and a CSX AC60CW. In the foreground is the Sheyenne River.

Here's a look at the inside of the cab and controls of Montana Rail Link F45 no. 392. When this photo was taken just a few weeks ago, the F45s future was uncertain. Since then, the locomotive was ... (more)

A BNSF Railway coal train headed to Centralia, Washington, skirts Frog Pond, and the Clark Fork River west of Trout Creek, Montana, on Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivision.

BNSF grain train G-WOLINB9-03 heads westbound across the frigid Clark Fork River west of Noxon, Montana, on Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivision. Since the air temperature is cold, the sun is strug... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Logan Local pauses in Sappington, Montana, at the beginning of the branch to Harrison so the Engineer can sign the Block Register. MRL's Harrison Branch (6th Subdivision) is Bl... (more)

The beautiful Montana countryside is bathed in full moon light as an eastbound BNSF coal train streaks its way through Lombard Canyon and along the Missouri River on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdiv... (more)

Montana Rail Link's M-LAUMIS1-18 (Laurel-Missoula) manifest freight blasts out of the tunnel at the top of Bozeman Pass at West End, Montana. MRL SD70ACe's 4401 and 4400 (and a tag-along GP35) lea... (more)

A full moon is illuminating the beautiful countryside during a gorgeous summer evening, while a westbound H-KCKSPO1-15 (Kansas City-Spokane) High Priority Manifest Freight twists along the Missour... (more)

A westbound BNSF Boeing Train with 737 fuselage's rolls past the abandoned west portal of Bozeman Tunnel on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision. The train has just passed through the "new" tunnel ... (more)

Canadian National M336 passes a colorful patch of Orange Daylillies in Duplainville, WI, as it heads south for Memphis. A matching set of three BC Rail C40-8Ms leads the way.

Northbound Wisconsin & Southern train T003 rolls through Sussex, WI just after sunset. I'm looking out of an opening in a circa-1888 Lime Kiln located at the southeast corner of the crossing of Un... (more)