Empty and loaded coal trains meet in Winston, Montana, on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision. The crew of the Helena Local with their SD45/SD45-2 combo, was summoned in Townsend to help the westb... (more)

All 125 cars and 4 locomotives (two on each end), of this westbound loaded coal train bound for Centralia, Washington, can be seen as it curves along the Missouri River just west of Lombard, Monta... (more)

A northbound BNSF coal train heads across a fill just south of Bill, Wyoming. The Powder River Basin is a great place to catch beautiful sunsets (and lots of coal trains).

A BNSF eastbound freight on the Montana Rail Link, rolls along the Missouri River near Lombard, Montana. The eastbound train has a colorful consist which includes a Norfolk Southern (former Conrai... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train headed for Centralia, Washington, rolls across the Clark Fork River between Thompson Falls and Belknap, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s 4th Subdivision. The train is ... (more)

A detouring Pasco to Galesburg freight rolls across the Pack River fill west of Hope, Idaho. This train and quite a few others detoured on the Montana Rail Link during May 2011, because of a soft ... (more)

Norfolk Southern no. 8101 the Central of Georgia heritage locomotive, glints in the setting sun at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, during the NS Heritage get-together.

Montana Rail Link’s sole remaining SD9 undergoes some repairs to sheet metal on its steps in MRL's Livingston, Montana, shops. The SD9 is typically assigned to switching duties in the Laurel/Bil... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel-Missoula manifest freight rolls along the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon, on MRL's 2nd Subdivision. The consist is two SD70ACe's and an SD40-2XR.

Montana Rail Link’s 840 Local is heading back to Helena, Montana, as it rolls through Lombard. Part of the hillside in the background came down and blocked the Northern Pacific main during the 6... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific freight with a classic GP30 leading three C&NW GP50s, parallels U.S. Highway 30 west of Clarks, Nebraska, in July 1985.

A beautiful Wisconsin day comes to an end as CP train 490 rolls eastbound at sunset just west of Watertown, WI.

A BNSF westbound freight holds in the siding at Austin, Montana, as an eastbound freight approaches the west end. This is Mullan Pass at it’s best. Three levels of track can be seen from this va... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Gas Local heads west near Donlan, Montana (just west of Toole), in the late afternoon. Donlan sits on MRL's 4th Subdivision between St. Regis, and Paradise. Typically, MRL's Ga... (more)

A Warbonnet Dash 9 leads an eastbound grain train crossing a causeway west of Trout Creek Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s 4th Subdivision.