Early on the morning of June 28, 2016, an eastbound BNSF grain train led by lone GE ES44DC No. 7256, curves into Lombard, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision.

Heading back to Powder River Basin, an eastbound BNSF coal empty snakes below the cliff at Lombard, Montana, on the morning of July 6, 2018.

On a warm July 1, 2019, morning, a westbound BNSF coal train crawls along the Missouri River into Lombard Canyon at Lombard, Montana.

With rainstorms to the east, a westbound BNSF freight passes the east switch at Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of July 2, 2017. Milwaukee Roads abandoned Pacific Extension main line is on the ... (more)

An eastbound BNSF freight crawls through Lombard Canyon between Toston and Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 30, 2017.

Four Cascade green SD40-2s power Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train PTLKCM8 through Lombard Canyon between Toston and Lombard, Montana, on a gorgeous July 6, 2001. The train is led by B... (more)

BNSF GE ES44DC No. 7684 leads an eastbound freight through Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 27, 2017. Below the rock ledges in the background is Sixteen Mile Creek Canyon that still cont... (more)

A westbound BNSF unit oil train skirts the calm waters of the Missouri River that is closely followed by Montana Rail Link’s main line through Lombard Canyon that on the afternoon of June 25, 20... (more)

A BNSF coal train travels through Lombard Canyon west of Lombard, Montana, on September 21, 2009.

On a beautiful and calm afternoon of September 22, 2009, a westbound BNSF grain train reflects in the Missouri River as it traces its banks through Lombard Canyon just west of Lombard, Montana.

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local is preparing to pick up a BNSF SD70ACe off the house track at Lombard, Montana, in some of the very last sunlight of June 28, 2016. Two days before, BNSF No. 910... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train approaches the east switch of Lombard siding along the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon at this scenic location on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision on the morni... (more)

A Montana Rail Link welder repairs the frog on the east switch at heavily-used Lombard siding in Montana’s Lombard Canyon on July 1, 2019.

Casting a soft reflection in the backwaters of the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon, a BNSF freight rumbles east toward Lombard, Montana, on September 21, 2009.

Late afternoon in Montana’s Lombard Canyon, a westbound BNSF grain train passes the west switch of Lombard siding on July 3, 2018.