With dark clouds and storms surrounding Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 17, 2014, a BNSF coal train snakes along the Missouri River in scenic Lombard Canyon on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision. BNSF GE ES44DC No. 7491 leads a leased Canadian Pacific GE AC4400CW and a BNSF EMD SD70MAC are head end power for the westbound train.
Landscape photography is difficult due to the challenge of combining good light and good scenery. Good railroad photography enters another level of complexity since it requires the first two while there is a train in view.