A westbound BNSF Q train crosses Bridge 55 over the icy Trout Creek inlet into the Clark Fork at Trout Creek, Montana, on February 12, 2024. The westbound train is operating on former Montana Rail... (more)

A Montana Rail Link SD40-2XR is on the point of a Jimbo Train work extra as it holds the siding in Drummond, Montana and waits for a signal work window to clear on the 3rd Subdivision so it can co... (more)

The Montana Rail Link's Whitehall Extra crew enters the west end of the Jefferson River Canyon outside Cardwell, Montana as they head east. The train today is a solo BNSF H1 Dash 9 on the point of... (more)

The gates to Harrison
Montana Rail Link’s 9.5-mile branch to Harrison out of Sappington was a bit like stepping into a railroad time warp. Jointed rail winding through idyllic ranch co... (more)

An eastbound BNSF freight rolls through Weeksville between Thompson Falls and Plains, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s scenic Fourth Subdivision on February 6, 2022.

Led by BNSF GE ES44AC No. 6177, a westbound BNSF coal train crosses the Clark Fork at Noxon, Montana on February 13, 2024. This scenic Montana Rail Link main line is now BNSF’s MRL Subdivision o... (more)

During the bridge rebuild at Reed Point that severed Montana Rail Link’s main line from June 24 to July 22, 2023, the railroad operated several different turns and the usual locals to serve thei... (more)

A pair of GP35's work the east end of the yard in Bozeman, Montana on the Montana Rail Link's Bozeman Local, pulling between the embankments that once carried a Milwaukee Road branch into downtown... (more)

BN 9794 has been set out from the North Coast Hiawatha during its station stop at Livingston, MT. The passenger train has just departed the station and is starting to climb Bozeman Hill, and will ... (more)

AMTK 536 slows the North Coast Hiawatha to a stop at Livingston, MT. The train will spend some dwell time here while the headend power sets out a former NP FP7A unit for servicing at the BN shops ... (more)

With temperatures well below zero and the sun not yet reaching into the west end of Jefferson Canyon, a Montana Rail Link Whitehall Extra rolls through Cardwell, Montana and follows the Jefferson ... (more)

The Greatness of Essex, Montana. Two helper sets idling away waiting for their next job. Then some local power with white face BN 2889 in the background.

BN 1726 has arrived in Butte with its freight after crossing Homestake Pass and Bozeman Hill having originated in Livingston. A UP A-B-B-A set consisting of an SD40, two GP30Bs and a GP30 sit near... (more)

BN 1726 leads a quartet of GP9/18s waiting for the North Coast Hiawatha to leave Livingston for Butte which it will follow with the daily freight. All units were NP, the 4th, BN 1998 was a GP18. T... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s day gas local, returning to Missoula from Pipeline at Thompson Falls, follows the Clark Fork eastbound through Weeksville, Montana, on February 7, 2022.