A westbound BNSF stack train, with two Boeing loads up front, rolls through the snow approaching Noxon, Montana, on February 7, 2021.

Amid a Montana snowstorm, a westbound BNSF grain train heads for Spokane on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision between Noxon and Heron on February 6, 2021.

A snowstorm blanketed Montana’s Clark Fork Valley the day before, and on the morning of February 7, 2021, a BNSF double grain empty cruises eastward on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision b... (more)

BNSF coal empties roll eastbound along the Clark Fork on MRL's 4th Sub.

A pair of GE ET44C4s lead an eastbound BNSF oil train over the Clark Fork west of Noxon, Montana, on October 2, 2020.

Marching along the blue Clark Fork on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision is an eastbound BNSF grain train between Heron and Noxon, Montana, on the afternoon of October 2, 2020.

A westbound BNSF grain train crosses the Clark Fork River at Noxon,MT on MRL's 4th Subdivision.

A westbound BNSF grain train rolls through one of the many nice angles at Noxon,MT on MRL's 4th Subdivision.

A westbound BNSF grain train, led by EMD SD70ACe No. 9115, passes the calm back waters of the Clark Fork between Noxon and Heron, Montana, on June 29, 2020.

A westbound BNSF freight curves over the causeway between Noxon and Heron, Montana, at 7:51 p.m. on June 27, 2020. Nice to see some Montana Rail Link blue mixed in this far west on the Fourth Subd... (more)

A little boy watches his sister dive off a log in the Clark Fork between Heron and Noxon, Montana, just as an eastbound BNSF coal empty rolls into the scene in the background on a pleasant afterno... (more)

Following the Clark Fork between Noxon and Heron, Montana, is a BNSF coal train working westbound on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision.

On a sunny September 17, 2011, a westbound BNSF freight, with Boeing parts cars up front, cruises along the Clark Fork between Noxon and Heron, Montana.

Cruising along the Clark Fork between Heron and Noxon, Montana, is an eastbound BNSF grain empty on the afternoon of October 3, 2015.

A BNSF manifest freight skirts the Clark Fork between Heron and Noxon, Montana on October 3, 2015. A colorful consist powers the eastbound train—CREX GE AC4400CW No. 1319 leads a BNSF C44-9W, a ... (more)