The sun breaks through clouds to light up a westbound coal train on Montana Rail Link as it crosses the Clark Fork at Noxon, MT. BNSF 5794 leads a trio, helped by a single rear DPU.

BNSF 7941 heads up an empty grain train rolling east over Montana Rail Link's Noxon bridge. The train will pull in to Tuscor siding and tie down. Tuscor is the next siding east of Noxon siding, we... (more)

Three former Burlington Northern SD70MACs team up with a former Santa Fe SD75M on a westbound coal train crossing the Clark Fork west of Noxon, Montana, on September 26, 2008.

BNSF 5705 leads a westbound grain train along the Clark Fork west of Noxon, MT on Montana Rail Link with a new Tier 4 GE trailing.

BNSF 6124 leads an eastbound empty grain train onto the causeway between Heron and Noxon, MT on Montana Rail Link. After some fresh snow a few days earlier, temperatures were warming up a bit and ... (more)

A loaded BNSF coal drag crosses the Clark Fork River while traversing the MRL at Noxon on a beautiful fall afternoon. Just a few minutes before the arrival of this train the waters were perfectly ... (more)

An empty crude oil train hugs the shoreline of the Clark Fork River as it traverses the stunning Cabinet Gorge on its way toward Missoula, Laurel, and points east.

A BNSF empty grain shuttle makes its way east on Montana Rail Link along the Clark Fork west of Noxon, MT on the former Northern Pacific mainline.

BNSF 5771 heads a westbound coal train across the Noxon bridge over the Clark Fork near Noxon, MT on Montana Rail Link. MRL was handling an abundance of BNSF traffic this day, and this was the 10t... (more)

BNSF 5927 rolls east with a stack train along the Clark Fork west of Noxon, MT on the Montana Rail Link. It is starting to become a bit more common to see matched paint schemes on BNSF trains afte... (more)

BNSF 5163 and a CSX unit lead an empty grain train over the Noxon bridge crossing the Clark Fork on Montana Rail Link on a clear fall morning. The train has a single DPU on the rear.

BNSF 8161 heads an eastbound empty grain train over the Noxon bridge across the Clark Fork on the Montana Rail Link. The train has a single DPU on the rear and will meet a westbound loaded grain t... (more)

The shadows are growing long on the final day of 2014 as a westbound manifest races along the frigid waters of the Clark Fork River between Noxon and Heron, Montana.

BNSF HGALPAS (Galesburg to Pasco) freight rumbles westbound over a curved fill along the Clark Fork between Noxon and Heron, Montana, on the afternoon of May 20, 2013. Powering the train over Mont... (more)

The quiet of a beautiful morning is broken momentarily by a BNSF grain train crossing the Clark Fork at Noxon.