The Mainstreeter is captured on the Clark Fork Bridge westbound a few miles from it's Missoula stop.

An eastbound BNSF vehicle train crosses a bridge over Big Spring east of Toston, Montana, on June 26, 2016. This incredible clear “pond” filled by a natural spring opens to the Missouri River,... (more)

An eastbound Montana Rail Link work train crosses Dog Creek and Lime Quarry Hills Lane east of Elliston, Montana, on May 15, 2013.

The Eastbound Empire Builder heads towards Marias Pass. This area is currently (August 2015) suffering from a forest fire and BNSF has positioned equipment to protect this bridge.

UP 8588 and a CSX mate rush a Boeing train of empty equipment east on Montana Rail Link at MP 55, Trout Creek, MT. Business is good at Boeing and "Boeing specials" are not uncommon on th... (more)

Two of the remaining six leased-to-BNSF SD45's race East with BNSF's Miles City Turn over the frozen O'Fallon Creek on a beautiful Winter morning.

The Malt Job rolls across the Missouri River bridge at Rainbow Falls on its return trip into Great Falls.

Flares Through the Flathead: A trio of Montana Rail Link SD45-2s pull an eastbound manifest freight out of BNSF Railway's Whitefish, Montana yard just moments after sunset on January 20, 20... (more)

Engine 7723 leads a westbound freight along the southern border of Glacier National Park, Montana.

After being delayed several hours due to an engine failure, the dispatcher asked the CP 8856 North if they would like to just tie down at Dutton, a few miles south of where we were set up. Much to... (more)

On a surprisingly warm autumn morning, a shiny ES44DC leads an eastbound PASKCK down the 2.2% of Evaro Hill and across the massive Marent Gulch Trestle. The cars on the head end are empty Boeing p... (more)

The sound of an approaching westbound train could be heard for several minutes coming down the valley out of the Cabinet Gorge, until at last the Centralia-bound unit coal train came roaring out o... (more)

Four ex-NP F units lift Amtrak Train 10 eastbound out of Butte, Montana (background) as the “Mainstreeter” climbs up to Homestake Pass on July 31, 1973.

Can you hear it?

The faint rumble of EMD 710's echo off the evergreens of the Helena National Forest, slowly getting closer and closer. Then it appears, a quartet of freshly washed ... (more)

A westbound BNSF grain train crosses Fish Creek Trestle at Rivulet, Montana, on May 15, 2013. This 576-foot trestle is officially known as MRL Bridge 165, and was used in a few key scenes in the S... (more)