An empty BNSF coal train slinks through the curves west of Eddy, Montana, on May 9, 2010. Stormy skies linger in the background at this scenic location along the Clark Fork on Montana Rail Link’s ... (more)

Amtrak No. 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, is east of Red Eagle near Pinnacle, Montana, amid the autumn color of Glacier National Park country on a damp October 6, 1997.

An eastbound BNSF coal empty approaches Trident, Montana, along the Missouri River on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision on September 26, 2007.

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local rumbles along the Clark Fork just west of Eddy (east of Thompson Falls), Montana, on January 24, 2013. A build-up of ice on the rocks on the edges of a cove alon... (more)

Clear block into the blue: Passing one of Northern Pacific’s classic cantilevered searchlight signals at the east end of Laurel Yard on the evening of January 27, 2013, a departing BNSF coal train... (more)

BNSF 9179 is shiny and new, as the last rays of sunshine light up Skyline Trestle. There was only 15 minutes of light left as the head-end passed over the trestle. On the rear and swing are man... (more)

MRL 328, an SD45 heads a "Jimbo" work train towards Thompson Falls to drop off new ties and retrieve old ones. The train will tie up at Thompson Falls and head west to Kootenai, ID on September 21... (more)

BNSF 5454 heads a westbound stack train up the 10th Sub. on Montana Rail Link's Evaro Hill just outside of Missoula. The 10th Sub. splits from the 4th at DeSmet and rejoins at Paradise, essentiall... (more)

A westbound BN unit grain train eases down the west side of Marias Pass and the abandoned station at Blacktail, MT on June 5, 1990.

Winter On Marias Pass: BNSF Railway 5483 and two other General Electrics lead a manifest freight over the Middle Fork of the Flathead River at Java, near Essex, Mont., on the afternoon of F... (more)

A westbound BNSF freight passes over the deck bridge over Trout Creek at Trout Creek, Montana, on a snowy January 26, 2013. Besides the ever-present GE C44-9Ws represented by the lead pair, also i... (more)

While the conductor of the Paradise Local checks his paperwork for what work needs to be done at Tricon Timber, LLC., Montana Rail Link GP9 No. 113 sprints for St. Regis just (railroad) east of Pa... (more)

The end of another day in Paradise! MRL GP9 faces the setting sun after a day's duties on the Paradise local. The local will typically go on duty about 8 am and head east to St. Regis or Superior,... (more)

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A BNSF coal train crosses the Clark Fork west of Trout Creek, Montana, on a pleasant September 16, 2011, on the scenic Fourth Subdivision of Montana Rail Link.