An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe train crosses the Clark Fork and passes the mile 210.3 semaphore east of Quinns, Montana, on June 30, 2000.

Santa Fe silver and red might not be as fitting here as the orange and green on the trailing GE but the wind-sculpted snow bank certainly is.

A southbound Yellowstone Valley freight train crosses the Missouri River, near Snowden, MT on Oct. 2, 2007 with GP38-3 No. 3836.

The Miles City Turn has departed Terry and heads for points West, catching a glimpse of sun after a brief thunderstorm.

The steep grade of the branch up to Harrison is evident in the construction of this piling trestle a few miles north of town.

Montana Rail Link's local down the Bitterroot Branch (9th Subdivision) rolls across a small trestle and past an old downed tree in the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge north of Stevensville, M... (more)

Montana Rail Link's 844 local climbs the 2.2 percent grade through Big Antelope Creek Canyon at milepost 3 south of Sappington, Montana, on MRL's Sixth Subdivision branch line to Harrison. Pulling... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Bitterroot branch (also known as the Darby branch) local passes over some backwaters of the Bitterroot River north of Florence, Montana, on May 18, 2013. This line had high w... (more)

On September 23, 2009, Montana Rail link’s gas train crosses the Clark Fork and heads east on the Fourth Subdivision at Paradise, Montana.

UP 8304, CSX 5002 (CW60AC), and BNSF 6386 (ES44AC) head up eastbound Portland General Electric coal empties returning from Boardman, OR to the Powder River Basin. The train is crossing the Clark F... (more)

Charlie Russell Dinner train pauses on Sage Creek trestle on the former Milwaukee Road North Montana Line

An eastbound BNSF grain train crosses Two Medicine Bridge at East Glacier, Montana, on October 10, 1997. Winter is coming, as most of the autumn leaves fallen to the ground and light snow dusts al... (more)

The now-defunct Montana Daylight train rolls across the Clark Fork River on Bridge 208 near Donlan, Montana, at 2:45 p.m., on September 3, 1999. Leading the train, which includes two dome cars, is... (more)

A BNSF coal train from Portland heads across the bridge over the Clark Fork River between Thompson Falls, and Belknap, Montana. This is Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivision. A cool lash-up of a UP ... (more)

High Plains and Lonely Trains: Central Montana Rail Extra 1814 East looks insignificant on the 1,698 foot long Sage Creek Trestle, just west of Danvers, Mont. Operating on the former Milwau... (more)