A BNSF eastbound freight on Montana Rail Link, meanders through the beautiful Montana countryside west of Avon, Montana. In the distance are the snow-covered peaks of the Flint Creek Range. The ea... (more)

Montana Rail Link SD19-1 no. 651, the power for the Paradise Local, rests in its namesake town on September 22, 2006. The red-over lunar signal aspect indicates that MRL’s Gas Local will be arri... (more)

Since this is right off of the highway, the shot is not hard to get, but I'll take the 3 SD45s (and the cool bridge) any day. This is the westbound Montana Rail Link Gas Local going up the 10th Su... (more)

Here we are looking out of the window of an abandoned homestead at the eastbound Montana Rail Link Gas Local east of Perma, Montana. On the point is SD40-2XR no. 256. This place has seen better da... (more)

Can't you just imagine a fish lurking in that clear water? A new BNSF ES44C4 leads a westbound grain train on a fill west of Noxon, Montana, on MRL's 4th Subdivision.

A westbound BNSF grain train rolls across a small bridge at Tuscor, Montana, on a beautiful May morning. This is Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivision

An Apache Railway train climbs out of Holbrook, Ariz., on March 7, 2005. Heading up the train is a former Canadian Pacific Alco C-424, No. 97.

I can't describe how peaceful, calm, and quiet it was out here waiting for a train to show up just after midnight. No noises made by humans, only an occasional goose, or coyote. It was a spectacul... (more)

A westbound BNSF windmill extra from Memphis rolls along the Missouri River near Lombard, Montana. This is Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision.

A northbound BNSF coal train heads across a fill just south of Bill, Wyoming. The Powder River Basin is a great place to catch beautiful sunsets.

An eastbound empty coal train rolls along the Missouri River near Trident, Montana, on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision.

BNSF train JWICINB (Boeing Train, Wichita-Interbay) scoots through Toston, Montana, on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision main with two 737 fuselages and two parts cars. I'm guessing BNSF didn't ... (more)

A westbound intermodal train on BNSF’s busy Transcon rolls westbound through Ludlow, California. Sometimes you spend so much time setting up for the head-end shot, that you miss a golden opportu... (more)

Two days before this photo was taken an eastbound loaded coal train rear-ended another on BNSF’s Sand Hills Subdivision near Lakeside, Nebraska. The collision caused extensive damage to the firs... (more)

One of the millions of things I like about Montana is the clear water. This is plainly seen in this photo. Here a H-1 Dash 9 leads a BNSF freight over Bridge 55 on Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivis... (more)