Sunday Morning Colors | Just east of Kootenai Falls, MT, an eastbound train of empty grain hoppers cruises along BNSF's Kootenai River Subdivision on a cloudy Sunday, February 1, 2026.

Following The Grain | As low-hanging clouds roll off of the mountains above Kootenai Falls, MT, a pair of grain trains meet on the morning of Sunday, February 1, 2026.

On The Rocks | Traversing the small cliff above the Kootenai River at Kootenai Falls, MT, an eastbound train of empty grain hoppers takes the siding in preperation to meet a westbound train... (more)

Kootenai Caliginosity | As the foggy atmosphere begins to lighten on the cool morning of Sunday, February 1, 2026, an eastbound manifest freight train breaks the silence at Kootenai Falls, ... (more)

Late Afternoon Colors | As the sun sinks in the sky and colors become more vibrant, a westbound manifest train prepares to meet an eastbound train at Kootenai Falls, MT on the warm evening ... (more)

Golden Hour Action | As a westbound manifest train, right, waits in the siding at Kootenai Falls, MT, an eastbound intermodal train charges uphill on the main track late in the day on a war... (more)

Oil At The Falls | Snaking around the Kootenai River at Kootenai Falls, MT, a BNSF crude oil train from the North Dakota oilfields heads west on the sunny afternoon of Tuesday, September 16... (more)

One of the ubiquitous SD40-2s of BN heritage leads a westbound intermodal outfit along the river grade near Kootenai Falls, MT. Fuji Astia.

The thick smoke from wildfires further west subsides briefly to allow the sun to illuminate a westbound BNSF manifest working its way past Kootenai Falls on BNSF's Kootenai Subdivision between Whi... (more)

A BNSF Seattle - Chicago intermodal follows the Kootenai River under an ominous wildfire smoke filled sky.

A veteran warbonnet brings up the rear of an eastbound grain train holding down the siding for an afternoon meet. This is just west of the famous swing-bridge over stunning Kootenai Falls between ... (more)

A westbound BNSF grain train is stopped and poses for a photo near Kootenai Falls west of Libby, MT on a beautiful October afternoon on Great Northern's former mainline.

An eastbound oil train rolls along the Kootenai River at Kootenai Falls, west of Libby, MT as clouds break up and sun breaks through. The train is making a run from Hauser, ID to Whitefish, MT on ... (more)

A westbound BNSF grain train passes through Kootenai Falls, Montana, on February 7, 2016.

BNSF 8276 eases along the Kootenai River at Kootenai Falls, slowing for a meet with an eastbound empty oil train on BNSF's "High Line" west of Libby, MT.