Cloudy Kootenai | On the mostly cloudy morning of Tuesday, September 16, 2025, a westbound grain train runs alongside the Kootenai River near Yakt, MT.

Between A Rock And A Wet Place | Peeking out from behind a rocky crag, an eastbound grain train heads past the Yaak River Campground as it runs alongside the Kootenai River near Yakt, MT on... (more)

Cruising The Kootenay | Running along the south bank of the Kootenay River near Yakt, MT, an eastbound BNSF intermodal train makes its way into western Montana mid-morning on a warm Thursda... (more)

BNSF 5956 leads an eastbound empty oil train along the Kootenay River towards Troy, MT at Yakt. The train is on the former Great Northern Railway mainline between Bonners Ferry, ID and Troy, MT.

The morning sun has just started shining into the remote Kootenai River Gorge as a westbound manifest twists along the bottom of the canyon between Yakt and Leonia, with about three mile to go unt... (more)

On the summer solstice, an unusually long and very late westbound Empire Builder with 8 added cars negotiates the depths of the Kootenai River Gorge between Yakt and Leonia.