Clouds rise on the afternoon of January 27, 2020, at Trout Creek, Montana, revealing fresh snow dusting the distant mountain ridge. Rain has just let up, letting the open water of Frog Pond to settle nicely as it softly reflects a BNSF coal empty, heading east on Montana Rail Link’s scenic Fourth Subdivision.
Landscape photography is difficult due to the challenge of combining good light and good scenery. Good railroad photography enters another level of complexity since it requires the first two while there is a train in view.
