Highball. With a clear signal, BNSF 7976 opens the throttle leaving Bozeman, as they pass a set of MRL helpers.
MRLs ‘Night Gas’ wastes no time on the 4th sub west of Paradise, Montana as they head for Pipeline.
The sun has fallen below the mountains as MRLs Missoula to Laurel manifest descends Bozeman Pass.
After working Montana City, the MRL's Helena Local heads back up the 13th Subdivision through East Helena, Montana to get back on the mainline and head towards Townsend. In the lead is MRL 355, th... (more)
MRL 109 splits the searchlight signals at Winston Hill.
Peyton captures a pacing shot as we race along the highway.
MRL 250 blasts out of Bozeman tunnel.
One of the Bozeman Pass helper sets sits at East Bozeman as they wait for a train coming down the hill to roll past.
The engineer of the Missoula to Laurel manifest is throttling up the 4404 and 262 as they prepare to climb Mullan Pass.
The Bozeman Bullet is heading into Bozeman with 18 cars. The classic SD40s up front made this a great train for chasing.
MRL's counterpart manifests, being the ML and LM, meet in the evening at West Logan.
On June 20th, MRLs Missoula to Laurel mixed freight needed some help getting up Bozeman Pass. A helper set was called in to help pull the ML over the pass. MRL 4402 leads the ML past the East Boze... (more)
The Montana Rail Link's "Bozeman Bullet" descends Bozeman Pass during the final hours of light with 355 on the point.
MRL 250 exits Bozeman tunnel on a a fine summer evening.
MRL 263 races over a culvert while a sun pocket shines onto the train.