Dawn on the Fork | Crossing the Clark Fork near the eponymously-named town of Clark Fork, ID, a westbound train of coal loads breaks the silence of dawn on the morning of Thursday, Septembe... (more)

An eastbound BNSF freight hauls some freshly-rebuilt Union Pacific autoracks eastbound between Hope and Clark Fork, Idaho, on February 13, 2024. The newly-painted cars won’t stay like this long ... (more)

A westbound Montana Rail Link “Jimbo” work train, powered by MRL EMD SD40-2XR No. 259, crosses an icy Clark Fork River at Clark Fork, Idaho.

On the pretty fall day of October 5, 2015, a westbound BNSF grain train crosses the Clark Fork at Clark Fork, Idaho, on the west end of Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision.

Westbound BNSF No. 5743 leads a loaded coal train across the Clark Fork River into the town of Clark Fork.

Crossing the Clark Fork River at Clark Fork, ID.

A westbound Montana Rail Link work train powered by SD40-2XR No. 259 nicely fits on the bridge over the Clark Fork at aptly-named Clark Fork, Idaho.

On the snowless and balmy winter day of February 25, 2015, a westbound BNSF coal train crosses the Clark Fork at Clark Fork, Idaho, on Montana Rail Link’s scenic Fourth Subdivision.

A westbound BNSF freight passes the calm waters of Denton Slough between Hope and Clark Fork, Idaho, on a pleasant September 19, 2008.

A westbound manifest with a couple brand new Boeing 737 fuselages on the head end crosses the Clark Fork in the river's namesake town.

An eastbound BNSF empty coal train heads across the Clark Fork at appropriately-named Clark Fork, Idaho, on February 4, 2016.

MRL 259 leads a "Jimbo" work train across the Clark Fork at its namesake city in northern Idaho. The train was working the west end of the railroad during our visit to the area.

A Montana Rail Link work train with SD40-2XR no. 259 leading glides across the Clark Fork River in Clark Fork, Idaho. The 259 was rebuilt from former Burlington Northern no. 6324.

An eastbound BNSF empty coal train crosses the Clark Fork at Clark Fork, ID on the Montana Rail Link. The train is headed from Robert's Bank, BC back to the Powder River basin.

A westbound BNSF grain train crosses the Clark Fork at appropriately-named Clark Fork, Idaho, while traversing Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision on a wintery February 4, 2016.