Flying through the clouds—soon enough
A pair of Boeing 737 fuselages on a westbound BNSF manifest freight train passing by the reflective waters of Frog Pond west of Trout Creek, Mont... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD SDP40 No. 290 hauls a short work train of track equipment westbound across the fill at Frog Pond west of Trout Creek, Montana, on October 2, 2013. MRL No. 290 is a rare bird;... (more)

On a cool, crisp October 2, 2013, an eastbound BNSF coal train passes Frog Pond west of Trout Creek, Montana. A campfire is finally showing some life after a pretty wet week in the Pacific Northwe... (more)

Crossing Bridge 55 west of Trout Creek, Montana, four Oakway SD60s lead an eastbound BNSF coal train from Centralia, Washington, on September 22, 2006. Leading the train on Montana Rail Link’s F... (more)

A westbound manifest on the MRL 4th Sub crosses Trout Creek while reflected in a placid Noxon Reservoir.

A tranquil Clark Fork reflects a BNSF manifest freight at Trout Creek, Montana, on May 18, 2013, as the westbound train traverses Montana Rail Link’s scenic Fourth Subdivision.

Another winter night is settling in over the Clark Fork Valley as a BNSF coal train heads west through Trout Creek, Montana. Headlights pierce a low, rolling fog that is beginning to form amid the... (more)

The engineer on BNSF731 East checks out the days catch. Meanwhile a little girl on her first fishing trip concentrates on her newly opened hole in the ice.....

The sun slipped into a small hole lighting up the scene and the storm that had stalled over the area all day made a brilliant backdrop. Montana weather can be challenge to shoot, but very rewardi... (more)

A father has taken his two small children out in a boat to do some fishing on Frog Pond near Trout Creek, Montana, on May 19, 2013, as an eastbound BNSF vehicle train cruises by on a fill in the b... (more)

A BNSF freight heads across the Clark Fork at Bridge 57 west of Trout Creek, Montana, at 7:58 a.m. on the morning of May 20, 2011. Leading the train is a new General Electric ES44C4.

Westbound out of Trout Creek, Montana, a BNSF freight passes the reflective Frog Pond on Montana Rail Link’s scenic Fourth Subdivision on the afternoon of September 17, 2011.

Sprinting along at track speed this stack train jumps over a backwater along the Clark Fork River.....

At 8:20 p.m. on a cloudy May 19, 2013, the sun finally breaks through some departing clouds and brilliantly illuminates a westbound coal train west of Trout Creek, Montana.

Night at Frog Pond
An eastbound BNSF train rumbles through the dark Montana night just west of Trout Creek on the evening of May 2, 2012. On this pleasant spring evening, the air temper... (more)