Union Pacific EMD SD70ACe-T-4 No. 3031 leads a vehicle train westbound on the UP’s Evanston Subdivision, climbing the hill between Green River and Peru, Wyoming, on June 22, 2023.

For many, many years, Montana Rail Link 50-foot boxcar No. 100982, faded but still adorning MRL’s original logos, has sat on a stub spur at Toston, Montana. It’s still there on July 9, 2023!

BNSF’s Laurel to Denver priority freight (HLAUDEN) exits 177-foot Tunnel 4 between the sidings of Dornick and Piper while negotiating Wyoming’s rugged Wind River Canyon on June 25, 2023.

Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe Nos. 4404 and 4318 power a Helena to Bozeman turn eastbound down Winston Hill approaching Townsend, Montana, on the afternoon of July 7, 2023. During the bridge rebui... (more)

Shiny paint and aluminum hoppers nicely reflect the early morning sun as BNSF EMD SD70ACe Nos. 9098 and 8557 lead a coal train over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, just after sunrise at 6:04 a.... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local is in the process of picking up MRL SD40-2XR No. 265 at Sappington, Montana, after making a trip up the Harrison branch to retrieve two empty fertilizer cars from t... (more)

On the afternoon of June 22, 2023, a storm advances eastward as a Union Pacific stack train quickly works westbound toward the top of Wyoming’s Peru Hill through the signals at milepost 823 on U... (more)

A massive wall cloud has filled the sky overhead, bringing wind and driving rain to Peru Hill, Wyoming, as another Union Pacific freight works westbound up the grade and into the rapidly advancing... (more)

On June 19, 2023, Amtrak train 5, the westbound California Zephyr, threads through 100-foot Tunnel 38 just east of Azure, Colorado, as it follows the Colorado River through Gore Canyon.

Right after the passage of BNSF’s Cowley turn in Himes Canyon, maintenance-of-way got track and time in the block so they could continue working on a washout that occurred in the middle of the c... (more)

BNSF EMD SD70MAC Nos. 8908 and 9624 power the Cowley turn through remote Himes Canyon just north of Himes, Wyoming, on the morning of June 26, 2023.

Montana Rail Link EMD GP35 No. 404 heads up the Harrison branch light engine to retrieve a pair of empty fertilizer cars at the Harrison Elevator on June 27, 2023. To the southwest in the backgrou... (more)

David Moffat’s visions ended here at end-of-track in Craig, Colorado. He dreamed and spent his fortune with the goal of putting Denver on a direct main line to the west coast, with Salt Lake Cit... (more)

With the collapse of Montana Rail Link’s Yellowstone River Bridge near Reed Point under the weight of MLAUMIS on June 24, 2023, and the subsequent severing of a busy main line, MRL and BNSF had ... (more)

After the passage of a thunderstorm on the afternoon of July 6, 2023, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local growls up Winston Hill under dark skies as it approaches the top of the hill at Winston, Mo... (more)