Late on the afternoon of June 29, 2016, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local, led by EMD SD45 No. 382, rolls through Lombard Canyon west of Lombard, Montana, with seven cars for Helena yard.

As storms roll east in the background, an eastbound BNSF grain train snakes along the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon between Toston and Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 15, 2014.

Heading westbound on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision, a BNSF freight approaches the east switch of the siding at Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of July 2, 2017. The Missouri River is ca... (more)

Standing on the crumbling abutments of Milwaukee Road’s impressive curved bridge over the Missouri River, we watch a distant storm skirt the ghost town of Lombard, Montana, at sunset on June 29, 2... (more)

An eastbound BNSF Q-train snakes around the cliffs along the Missouri River at Lombard, Montana, on the morning of July 2, 2017. The train is passing Milwaukee Road’s Pacific Extension bridge over... (more)

On the afternoon of June 30, 2018, a westbound BNSF manifest freight train traces Missouri River into Lombard Canyon on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision. On the right is the empty grade of M... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local waits at the east end of Lombard siding as a BNSF grain empty passes on the main at Lombard, Montana, on June 29, 2016.

Powered by a pair of Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2s bracketing a Montana Rail Link EMD SD45-2, train 123 heads west of Lombard avoiding some stormy weather in Lombard Canyon, Montana, on Septembe... (more)

BNSF eastbound grain snakes alongside the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon

An eastbound BNSF manifest train breaks the silence and solitude of Lombard Canyon Montana on MRL's 2nd Subdivision.

On a bright, sunny afternoon in Montana, an eastbound BNSF manifest freight rolls through the curves in Lombard Canyon between Toston and Lombard on June 25, 2016.

With the abandoned Milwaukee Road bridge spanning the calm waters of the Missouri River, a westbound BNSF intermodal train meets Montana Rail Link's Missoula - Laurel freight at Lombard Montana.

An eastbound BNSF grain train traces the banks of the Missouri River through Lombard Canyon between Toston and Lombard, Montana, on September 21, 2009.

An eastbound BNSF coal empty is approaching Lombard, Montana, along the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision on September 21, 2009.

Following the Missouri River is an eastbound BNSF grain empty at Lombard, Montana, on the morning of June 25, 2020.