96 cylinders of EMD 710 power thunder up Mullan Pass with the Laurel-Missoula.

Helena helper #1 glides down Mullan Pass heading back to town to push another load of dinosaur poop over the Continental Divide.

A grain train with three units on the point, a manned four unit MRL helper mid-train and a DPU unit on the rear plods up the grade at the east switch of Austin siding. The real struggle lies just ... (more)

Under a Montana sky, MRL 265 East is working upgrade toward Mullan Pass on a gorgeous September afternoon. AT&SF had its GP60 B units and BN its B30-7 B's - both in rather sizeable numbers; and bo... (more)

A short 25 car Laurel to Missoula freight has conquered the Continental Divide and rolls west to its next stop at Garrison.

108 loads of crude oil have started their battle with gravity as they head west out of Helena and climb up and over the Continental Divide.

At the end of a warm summer weekend, the westbound LM arrives in Missoula after its run from Laurel.

Three of MRLs fine second generation EMDs (along with a BNSF SD70MAC) struggle up the 2.2% grade on the east side of Mullan Pass.

While the "Black Fog of Blossburg" isn't as impressive as it once was, the sight of blue SD40s leading anything over the Continental Divide west of Helena makes for an awe inspiring sigh... (more)

While the "Black Fog of Blossburg" isn't as impressive as it once was, the sight of blue SD40s leading anything over the Continental Divide west of Helena makes for an awe inspiring sigh... (more)

A pair of BNSF westbound's wait to depart Helena for Mullan Pass on the afternoon of July 4th.

The annual 'Wintergreen Special' lays over on the wye at Blossburg, with some Erie Lackawanna heritage as the power for this years trip.

Smoke from fires in eastern Washington fill the skies above the west side of the Continental Divide as the ML, with a helper set up front, pulls up through Blossburg.

An early Summer Morning finds this eastbound BNSF manifest freight passing the 3rd most famous barn in Montana.

Rolling by the siding at Muir, Montana on the MRL's 3rd Subdivision, a westbound BNSF loaded grain train has nearly topped Bozeman Pass and in moments the helper set on the rear will cut off and h... (more)