A Montana Rail Link helper set is on the point of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe priority freight heading west over Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, on July 1, 2001. The train is crossing curv... (more)

Kasey and his dog watch a westbound BNSF Q train climb the 2.2 percent grade of Mullan Pass from his land on the outside of the big curve encircling Iron Ridge above Austin, Montana, on June 26, 2... (more)

A BNSF coal train reflects in the still water along the Clark Fork between Heron and Noxon, Montana, while running eastbound on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision on the afternoon of June 28... (more)

A MRL Livingston Helper set sits at east Bozeman awaiting a westbound manifest train, before heading east back to Livingston

The end is near, searchlights still stand guard at the east end of Bozeman on warm summer evening, while an MRL helper set sits waiting another westbound.

Montana Rail Link’s MMISLAU freight, also known simply as the ML, heads downgrade passing milepost 215 on Winston Hill between Winston and Townsend, Montana, on October 14, 2023. Leading the tra... (more)

An eastbound BNSF double empty train, consisting of a unit grain and a unit oil train, rolls downgrade through Austin Montana, while the road’s QALTPTL6-23D ascends Mullan Pass on the adjoining ... (more)

On October 3, 2022, clouds are quickly building over Homestake Pass as a Montana Rail Link ballast empty works upgrade to the loader at Spire Rock at Pipestone, Montana. The train is running on a ... (more)

A rugged Mission Range looms over Montana Rail Link’s night gas local rolling westbound along the Flathead River past milepost 44 near Dixon at McDonald, Montana, on June 26, 2020.

A quartet of Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACes being used on one of the helper sets out of Helena, Montana, for Mullan Pass drops downgrade after helping a westbound BNSF heavy (coal or grain train) ... (more)

On October 10, 2023, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local proceeds downgrade between mileposts 7 and 8 north of Harrison, Montana, with seven cars of grain from the Harrison Elevator Co. Leading the tr... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD GP35 Nos. 401 and 404, assigned to the 844 local, switch the yard at Logan before heading out on the Fifth Subdivision and the Harrison branch on October 10, 2023.

The Airbnb vacation home we rented in Montana had an outdoor fire pit perfect for hanging out, enjoying a beer and grilling brats over an open fire. An added attraction is a westbound BNSF train g... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD SD40-2XR No. 262 powers a MRL “Jimbo” work train through East Helena, Montana, moments after departing Helena Yard on October 16, 2023.

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local switches cars at the Harrison Elevator Co. at the end of the railroad’s Harrison branch on October 10, 2023.