A small black locomotive pulls lit carriages along a curving track onto a tall stone viaduct. Its smoke trails back across the cliffs. The arches span a gorge of blue ice, and the rails run off across a frozen plain toward a dark patch of open water.

Turquoise and violet northern lights twist across a deep blue sky, and a pale moon hangs at upper left. Craggy rock faces with touches of gold rise against the snow. Expressive oil strokes and a cool palette give the scene a dreamlike scale.