A westbound BNSF coal train passes by the bridge ruins of the abandoned Milwaukee Road’s Pacific Extension main line at Lombard, Montana, on a perfect July 1, 2019. The rear DPU is about to pass o... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s MLAUMIS freight enters Lombard Canyon and is approaching the east switch at Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 30, 2018. Directly across the Missouri River from the MRL... (more)

An eastbound BNSF Q-train snakes around the cliffs along the Missouri river at Lombard, Montana, on the morning of July 2, 2017.

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local rumbles through Lombard Canyon west of Lambard, Montana, with seven cars for Helena yard late in the afternoon of June 29, 2016.

On the afternoon of May 15, 2013, a BNSF manifest freight curves westbound along the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon between Lombard and Toston, Montana.

An eastbound coal train passes through the townsite of Lombard along the Missouri River.

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A westbound BNSF wind turbine train is curving along the Missouri River through Lombard Canyon west of Lombard, Montana, on September 9, 2011. A pair of turbine generators i... (more)

Some rain moves east early on the morning of June 28, 2016, an eastbound BNSF grain train is about to exit Lombard Canyon at Lombard, Montana, with lone DPU GE ES44C4 No. 8213 on the rear of the e... (more)

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)