The 5 Great Falls of Missouri River are full of History from Lewis and Clark to James Hill of the Great Northern. This bridge over Rainbow Falls was built by the Montana Central as part of a line... (more)

Fish Creek Canyon lies on Milwaukee Road's Pipestone Pass. The 5 mile Canyon section of the pass was amongst the least photographed of the many miles of spectacular mainline due to its inaccessi... (more)

One of my favorite places to spend a morning is on the upper Austin Loop on Mullan Pass. You can hear a train thundering out of Tobin for almost an hour before it reaches this spot. The massive ... (more)

This is the remnant of the Fish Creek Viaduct on the Milwaukee Road's Pipestone Pass. Fish Creek Canyon was one of rarely photographed locations on the the Milwaukee Road's Pacific Extension. Th... (more)

This westbound coal load is screaming thru the deep cut at Iron Ridge. This location is at the top of the loops that drop the railroad to the valley floor at Austin, Mt.

BNSF 6823 enters the big cut at Iron Ridge. The cut bypasses the old tunnel that still exists.... This was also the location of an original survey that would have run a giant viaduct across Skell... (more)

BNSF 9981 leads a westbound coal train out of the Bozeman Pass Tunnel. The summit sign marks the highest point on the Montana RailLink.....

One of Montana Rail Links newest locomotives, the MRL4402 blast up the 2.2% grade at Austin, MT. These heavy mountain maulers were built to conquer this grade!

Ken Kuhne has posted some excellent photographs of the MRL derailment near Rivulet, MT. I thought I would add another photo that shows the airplanes and some of the damage a bit closer.

BNSF6674 lifts a westbound coal train around the horseshoe curve at Iron Ridge. The sun has just broke over the Ridge at 6:28AM. Note the Rear help above the headend power leaving Austin siding. T... (more)

This empty IPPX Intermountain Power train topped over the grade at Soldier Summit, and is now gliding down the 1% at Kyune, UT.

Exhaust singes the sky as the Laurel-Missoula Manifest screams out of Helena. The train will soon reach grades of 2.2% on its twisting climb up and over the Continental Divide.

Laying on the smoke for the Railfans.... 487 Climbs Tanglefoot Curve under a smoke screen only the Steam Fan could appreciate.

I thought Lerro put on on a great recreation of an authentic Cumbres turn. There was only a slight breeze, but that is enough to pull the smoke ahead of the slow moving Mikados.... Clamoring up ... (more)

The passengers on Amtrak have a gorgeous day for their trek across the Colorado Rockies. A mountain wave cloud hovers over the Flatirons... Moffat Road!