BNSF HKCKSPO is slowly entering the siding at Thompson Falls, Montana, to meet a train on October 1, 2014, with the head end of an eastbound BNSF coal empty already passing the west switch of the ... (more)

As the sun rises on October 3, 2014, three Montana Rail Link EMD SD45s cross the bridge at Tuscor, Montana, with a westbound BNSF freight. In the silence of an autumn morning along the Clark Fork,... (more)

Westbound BNSF freight HKCKSPO is taking the siding to meet an eastbound at Thompson Falls, Montana, on October 1, 2014. Three leased Montana Rail Link SD45s (382, 319 and 328, now labeled SD45-2s... (more)

Leading BNSF’s HKCKSPO freight are Montana Rail Link EMD SD45s Nos. 355 and 326 (MRL labels the rebuilt locomotives SD45-2s) crossing a bridge at Tuscor, Montana, on September 26, 2014.

Entering the siding to meet an eastbound at Thompson Falls, Montana, is BNSF HKCKSPO on October 1, 2014. Three leased Montana Rail Link SD45s (382, 319 and 328, now labeled SD45-2s) power the west... (more)

BNSF HKCKSPO powered by only a pair of Montana Rail Link SD45s (Nos. 355 and 326) heads west between Noxon and Heron, Montana, on September 26, 2014. Earlier that morning, a traction motor fire on... (more)

Entering the siding at Thompson Falls, Montana, to meet an eastbound is BNSF HKCKSPO on October 1, 2014. Three leased Montana Rail Link SD45s (382, 319 and 328, now labeled SD45-2s) power the west... (more)

BNSF HKCKSPO passes over the inlet for Trout Creek at Trout Creek, Montana, on October 1, 2014. Three leased Montana Rail Link SD45s (382, 319 and 328, now labeled SD45-2s) power the westbound fre... (more)

A fortuitous break in the clouds reveals a fleeting moment of golden evening light as BNSF HKCKSPO passes through Belknap, Montana, on October 1, 2014. Three leased Montana Rail Link SD45s (382, 3... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD SD45s Nos. 355 and 326 (MRL labels the locomotives SD45-2s) lead a BNSF HKCKSPO freight westbound at Tuscor, Montana, on September 26, 2014.

After chasing this train for two afternoons over the MRL, this was probably the last time ill get to see a trio of SD45s.

Westbound Kansas City - Spokane manifest with leased MRL SD45s crosses the Clark Fork River Bridge at Paradise.

A trio of leased MRL SD45s scream through St. Regis on their way to Spokane.

HKCKSPO blasts by the west siding switch at Superior.

Westbound MRL SD45 trio crossing Fish Creek on a perfect summer afternoon.