BNSF grain empties climb out of Shelby, MT with a CN leader.

Changing engineers in downtown Shelby Montana

BNSF grain empties climb out of Shelby, MT behind a CN leader.

BNSF ES44AC 5730 blasts off from Shelby, MT departing off of Main #2 after a meet with a westbound.

Chicago bound Amtrak train #8, "The Empire Builder", hustles away from Shelby.

BNSF ES44DC 7241 leads a very low priority (it's already 10 days old!) S SEALPC through Teton and into Shelby.

After meeting counterpart Z CHCPTL7 16 (seen in the distance), Z PTLCHC7 17 departs Main #2 at Shelby behind BNSF ES44AC 5730.

Amtrak's Seattle, WA-Chicago, IL "Empire Builder" makes a station stop and crew change at Shelby, MT.

Amtrak's Seattle, WA-Chicago, IL "Empire Builder" glides downhill into Shelby, MT.

Amtrak's Seattle, WA-Chicago, IL "Empire Builder" gathers speed after departing from a station stop/crew change at Shelby, MT.

CN ES44DC 2944 is a bit lost, seen here leading an empty BNSF grain train east away from Shelby, MT.

Shelby. Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome 313 (WEBX 801044) and former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built dome 549 (WEBX 801045) on the rear of Amtrak Tra... (more)

A pair of SD40-2s, one of them in former Santa Fe paint, build and sort cuts of cars in the yard at Shelby on a pleasant July morning. There wouldn't be any trains running until later that aftern... (more)

Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder arrives at Shelby, MT's train station to unload/load passengers and change crews while BNSF's eastbound S SEPCXO1 12 prepares to depart off of Main #2.

BNSF ES44DC 7867 climbs out of Shelby, MT with a loaded crude oil train in tow.