BNSF 6124 leads an eastbound empty grain train onto the causeway between Heron and Noxon, MT on Montana Rail Link. After some fresh snow a few days earlier, temperatures were warming up a bit and ... (more)

A loaded BNSF coal drag crosses the Clark Fork River while traversing the MRL at Noxon on a beautiful fall afternoon. Just a few minutes before the arrival of this train the waters were perfectly ... (more)

An empty crude oil train hugs the shoreline of the Clark Fork River as it traverses the stunning Cabinet Gorge on its way toward Missoula, Laurel, and points east.

A BNSF empty grain shuttle makes its way east on Montana Rail Link along the Clark Fork west of Noxon, MT on the former Northern Pacific mainline.

BNSF 5771 heads a westbound coal train across the Noxon bridge over the Clark Fork near Noxon, MT on Montana Rail Link. MRL was handling an abundance of BNSF traffic this day, and this was the 10t... (more)

BNSF 5927 rolls east with a stack train along the Clark Fork west of Noxon, MT on the Montana Rail Link. It is starting to become a bit more common to see matched paint schemes on BNSF trains afte... (more)

BNSF 5163 and a CSX unit lead an empty grain train over the Noxon bridge crossing the Clark Fork on Montana Rail Link on a clear fall morning. The train has a single DPU on the rear.

BNSF 8161 heads an eastbound empty grain train over the Noxon bridge across the Clark Fork on the Montana Rail Link. The train has a single DPU on the rear and will meet a westbound loaded grain t... (more)

The shadows are growing long on the final day of 2014 as a westbound manifest races along the frigid waters of the Clark Fork River between Noxon and Heron, Montana.

BNSF HGALPAS (Galesburg to Pasco) freight rumbles westbound over a curved fill along the Clark Fork between Noxon and Heron, Montana, on the afternoon of May 20, 2013. Powering the train over Mont... (more)

The quiet of a beautiful morning is broken momentarily by a BNSF grain train crossing the Clark Fork at Noxon.

I was lucky to catch several trains at Noxon this day. This west bounder is accelerating out of the Noxon siding after an east bound train just rolled past.

Strolling West at track speed, MRL 4408 has no issue keeping the Silver Cloud passenger train at track speed, paralleling the incredibly scenic Clark Fork River on a sensational June afternoon.

Weather is rolling in as an eastbound BNSF coal train catches some afternoon sunlight passing through the Clark Fork Valley between Heron and Noxon, Montana, on February 24, 2015.

A westbound BN intermodal train cruises across the Clark Fork near Noxon, MT on the former NP mainline as it makes its way from Missoula to Spokane, WA and Pacific Northwest destinations. BN GP39-... (more)