BNSF 6215 brings up the rear of a loaded coal train passing an empty eastbound coal train at Winston, MT. The loaded train is using the siding.

An ACe in the hole. BNSF 9298 leads a loaded coal train westbound into the "hole" while BNSF 8759 with an empty coal train holds the main. The meet is at Winston siding, southeast of Hel... (more)

Under stormy skies, a westbound BNSF grain train climbing Winston Hill led by Santa Fe GE C40-8W No. 930 still dressed in weathered “pinkbonnet” colors enters the siding at Winston, Montana, m... (more)

Passing through the semaphores at mile 219.8, Burlington Northern train No. 123 heads west escaping some stormy weather on Winston Hill, Montana, on September 10, 1995.

With the sun setting MRL 215 and companions split the blades at Winston, Montana.

This happened to be my lucky day. We were on our way home from an Altmont weekend at the Issac Walton Inn. We stopped on the MRL to try and catch a train. What do we get but a train lead by F45's ... (more)

An empty coke train descends Winston Hill after meeting the Helena Local returning from Logan, MT at Winston siding. The recently set sun still lights the clouds, some of which produced minor thun... (more)

An empty coke train gets underway at Winston, MT after meeting the Helena Local returning from Logan, MT post sunset. The recently set sun still lights the clouds, some of which produced minor thu... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Helena Local reaches the top of Winston Hill under threatening skies just after sunset. It will roll past a waiting eastbound empty coke train then continue on to Helena to end... (more)

Montana is big sky country, but not always big sky blue. Thunder clouds and the Montana landscape show the insignificance of the Helena Local in the scheme of things as it climbs Winston Hill with... (more)

On a dreary evening a BNSF eastbound freight waits in the siding at Winston for the 840 local to pass. Powering today's local is the last running SD45 on the roster #382.

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula road freight climbs up Winston Hill on June 19, 2014. Montana’s big skies are not always clear and blue—as seen with swirling storms over the mountains... (more)

An eastbound BNSF freight crests Winston Hill, Montana, under angry autumn skies toward sunset on September 28, 2013.

Having crested Winston Hill on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision, a westbound BNSF manifest freight rolls toward Helena, Montana, on May 6, 2012.

Gliding down the east slope of Winston Hill, three SD40-types have been taken out of storage for one day to lead the Helena to Logan local.