Montana Rail Link EMD SD45 No. 355 leads the Laurel to Bozeman local out of a storm as it approaches Craver, Montana, on the afternoon of July 2, 2019.

Slinking through the curves in the desolate Badlands at Sully Springs, North Dakota, is a westbound BNSF coal train on the afternoon of June 19, 2015.

The sun is setting behind Montana’s Crazy Mountains as the conductor of an eastbound BNSF vehicle train is on the ground to inspect Montana Rail Link’s westbound Laurel to Bozeman local passing by... (more)

The evening sky is glowing with pink accents as Montana Rail Link’s westbound Bozeman turn led by a venerable MRL EMD SD45 No. 355 passes the east switch at Quebec, Montana, during sunset at 9:14 ... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal empty has surmounted Winston Hill near sunset on June 25, 2019, as it drops downgrade out of Winston, Montana, at milepost 216 on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision.

Powered by a quartet of leased Rarus Railway EMD GP9s, still decorated in the same colors when delivered new to predecessor Butte, Anaconda & Pacific, a Montana Western Railway freight arrives at ... (more)

Casting a soft reflection in the backwaters of the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon, a BNSF freight rumbles east toward Lombard, Montana, on September 21, 2009.

A southbound Burlington Northern coal train led by BN EMD SD60M No. 9225 followed by a trio of SD40-2s grinds upgrade through Sedalia on Colorado’s Joint Line on May 20, 1991.

An eastbound Canadian Pacific passenger train departs the siding at Fernie, British Columbia, on July 17, 2011. Soon, a group of children will board for a trip over Crowsnest Pass. This special tr... (more)

On the morning of June 25, 2018, BNSF’s Cowley turn passes through the rugged landscape north of Sheep Canyon as it approaches Himes, Wyoming, on BNSF’s scenic Casper Subdivision.

A westbound Union Pacific military train climbs through the Tunnel District at South Draw just east of Crescent, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 16, 2017. The long train of military equipment f... (more)

In February 1984, a Chicago & North Western freight enters Butler Yard after a trip across the Adams Line in Wisconsin. Powering the train is a pair of EMD SD40-2s, with C&NW No. 6815 leading Conr... (more)

Led by EMD SD70ACe No. 9235, BNSF’s HDENLAU freight passes through several rock cuts while pacing the Bighorn River at Thermopolis, Wyoming, on June 24, 2018. In the background are some of the hot... (more)

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight crosses Bridge 208 over the Clark Fork on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision at Donlan, Montana, on September 5, 1999. Two GE C44-9Ws in warbonnet colors... (more)

Shadows are deepening in the topography around Peru Hill as a westbound Union Pacific unit grain train climbs out of Green River toward Peru, Wyoming, on the afternoon of October 10, 2015.