Just out of the siding at Toole on the 4th Sub, coal buckets swing along the gorgeous Clark Fork River as they head east.

Montana Rail Link’s gas local heads eastbound through a sweeping curve just west of St. Regis, Montana, on September 3, 1999.

Dressed in warbonnet red, Burlington Northern Santa Fe GE C44-9W No. 747 thunders westward with a freight past the milepost 192 semaphores east of St. Regis, Montana, on June 30, 2000.

Burlington Northern GE C30-7 No. 5071 leads an eastbound BNSF freight through the mile 196.3 semaphores at East St. Regis, Montana, on the morning of September 7, 1998.

An eastbound freight led by Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2 No. 7880 thunders through the Northern Pacific vintage semaphores at East St. Regis, Montana, on September 12, 1998.

The 1990s were a great time to be out trackside. There were still plenty of locomotives in AT&SF, C&NW, D&RGW and SP colors, rolling stock still bore the road names of myriad lines and traffic was... (more)

The sun is rising over the Clark Fork River Valley east of St. Regis, Montana, on September 13, 1998. Morning fog is slowly burning off as the sun crests over the mountains to the east, silhouetti... (more)

The Paradise local scurries west from St. Regis, MT after switching the lumber mill along the Clark Fork. A pair of rebuilt GP9s are more than enough power for today's short train. Local traffic h... (more)

In the pouring rain, a member of Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local works with a power switch so the pair of GP9s can complete running around its train at St. Regis, Montana, on September 25, 2013... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe unit grain train passes the Northern Pacific-era semaphores at milepost 192 east of St. Regis, Montana, on September 1, 2003.

BN 2701 and two more GP39-2s roll a westbound TOFC train through St. Regis, Montana along the Clark Fork en route to Spokane and Seattle/Portland. This train is operating on the former Northern Pa... (more)

A pair of Montana Rail Link GP9s on the Paradise Local make time across the Clark Fork spewing exhaust and loaded with logs for Tricon Timber in St. Regis. The drive from Paradise to St. Regis rea... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local has finished running around its train at St. Regis, Montana, and is departing westbound for Paradise on September 15, 2011. Powered by two former Northern Pacifi... (more)

BNSF 4129 leads a colorful lash up of power including a Canadian Pacific ES44AC and a warbonnet SD75I through an elevated turn towards St. Regis, Montana on the Montana Rail Link.

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local arrives in St. Regis, Montana, to run around its train and head back to Paradise on September 13, 2011. A pair of venerable EMD GP9s power the train; Nos. 113 an... (more)