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.

An eastbound BNSF freight heads up the Clark Fork River Valley on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision main line between Heron and Noxon, Montana, on the afternoon of February 24, 2015. I bit ... (more)

On the afternoon of July 3, 2022, an eastbound BNSF coal empty follows the the Clark Fork between Heron and Noxon, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s scenic Fourth Subdivision.

The water is calm along the Clark Fork on the hot afternoon of June 30, 2021, as a westbound BNSF coal train rumbles by on Montana Rail Link’s scenic Fourth Subdivision main line between Noxon a... (more)

BNSF GE ET44C4 No. 3927 and C44-9W No. 5247 lead a westbound coal train along the Clark Fork between Noxon and Heron, Montana, on the perfect afternoon of October 2, 2021. Both leaders are not rea... (more)

Thunder claps in the distance from a storm that just slammed Noxon with heavy rain while an eastbound “super train” rolls towards Missoula.

Amazon containers stacked two high extend almost as far as you can see on an eastbound BNSF train cruising along the Clark Fork between Heron and Noxon, Montana, on the afternoon of June 30, 2021.... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal empty follows the placid backwaters of the Clark Fork between Heron and Noxon, Montana, on July 3, 2022.

At 9:29 p.m., a last minute drop under sunset highlights an eastbound BNSF grain train between Heron and Noxon, Montana, on July 2, 2022. From the Kansas City Southern GE ES44AC leader, Engineer J... (more)

Brilliant light of the setting sun illuminates a westbound BNSF manifest freight cruising along the Clark Fork between Noxon and Heron, Montana, at 8:47 p.m. on June 30, 2022.

A line of clouds march upriver, following some severe storms that have passed through the Clark Fork Valley just to the east, as an eastbound BNSF grain train follows the same waterway between Her... (more)

Low hanging fog hangs to the mountains along the Noxon Reservoir at Trout Creek, MT on MRL's 4th subdivision as a westbound BNSF loaded coal cruises across the trestle.

Rain Drops! Rain Drops tap the calm backwater along the banks of the Clark Fork River as this eastbound empty grain train rolls toward the severe weather ahead, The storm to upper right... (more)