Invernal Clarity | With a light blanket of snow and bright morning sunlight covering the mountains near Noxon, MT, an eastbound train of empty coal hoppers cruises alongside the Clark Fork ... (more)

Sunday Serenity | As the first light of day illuminates the sky above Noxon, MT on a chilly December 28, 2025, a westbound coal train breaks the stillness of the otherwise tranquil Sunday m... (more)

Gold In Them Hills | In front of the 6,344-foot-tall Government Mountain, a train loaded with coal from Wyoming's Powder River Basin crosses the Cabinet Gorge Reservoir near Noxon, MT on an... (more)

September Haze | Deep in the valley just west of Noxon, MT, a westbound BNSF manifest freight train approaches Cabinet Gorge on the warm and slightly smoky morning of Thursday, September 11... (more)

At 7:08 p.m. on a pretty July 3, 2024, a westbound BNSF manifest freight rolls over the curved causeway between Noxon and Heron, Montana, on BNSF’s former Montana Rail Link Fourth Subdivision.

On July 6, 2024, a BNSF coal train rolls westbound over the curved causeway between Noxon and Heron, Montana. Many of Montana Rail Link’s 4300-series EMD SD70ACe locomotive can be seen operating... (more)

Led by BNSF EMD SD70ACe No. 8758, an eastbound BNSF grain train rumbles through Noxon, Montana, on the morning of June 28, 2019.

On February 13, 2024, running on BNSF’s newly-formed MRL Subdivision after reacquiring Montana Rail Link is an eastbound BNSF manifest freight crossing the bridge spanning the Clark Fork at Noxo... (more)

An eastbound empty unit oil train runs along the Cabinet Gorge Reservoir west of Noxon, MT. Running on the MRL, this line will be going back to BNSF in just under 4 months when the lease is termin... (more)

Led by BNSF GE ES44AC No. 6177, a westbound BNSF coal train crosses the Clark Fork at Noxon, Montana on February 13, 2024. This scenic Montana Rail Link main line is now BNSF’s MRL Subdivision o... (more)

A BNSF coal train reflects in the still water along the Clark Fork between Heron and Noxon, Montana, while running eastbound on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision on the afternoon of June 28... (more)

Fifteen miles from the border of Idaho, situated along the Clark Fork River, lies the small village of Noxon, Montana. Montana Rail Link's former Northern Pacific mainline passes through here and ... (more)

A BNSF coal train follows the Clark Fork on Montana Rail Link’s fourth Subdivision main line between Noxon amd Heron, Montana, on September 17, 2011.

On the afternoon of June 30, 2023, an eastbound Montana Rail Link train rolls over a fill along the Clark Fork between Heron and Noxon, Montana. Powered by a pair of BNSF locomotives, this is a tr... (more)

At 9:10 p.m. on July 2, 2022, a BNSF unit oil train rolls through some dusky atmosphere in the Clark Fork River Valley between Heron and Noxon, Montana.