Back in October 2005, Montana Rail Link's Paradise Local splits a pair of Semaphores as it heads east towards St. Regis, Montana. Unfortunately, both the signals and the GP9 are gone. The signals... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal train curves along the calm Flathead River just east of Perma, Montana, on Montana Rail Link's 10th Subdivision.

An eastbound BNSF coal train rolls across the Clark Fork River west of Trout Creek, Montana, on Montana Rail Links scenic 4th Subdivision.

A Montana Rail Link "Jimbo" work train prepares to overnight in Thompson Falls, Montana. Caboose number 1007 which was originally from the B.C. Hydro Railway, came from MRL's sister railroad SRY R... (more)

A BNSF coal train from Portland heads across the bridge over the Clark Fork River between Thompson Falls, and Belknap, Montana. This is Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivision. A cool lash-up of a UP ... (more)

Montana Rail Link's 844 local meanders through a short, but rugged canyon on its way up the branch to Harrison, Montana. A former Rio Grande GP35 leads five grain hoppers, and a caboose.

A trio of BNSF Green and Cream SD70MACs lead a westbound manifest freight across the causeway west of Cleveland, North Dakota, just as the sunrise breaks over the hills.

A BNSF Kansas City-Pasco manifest freight, with a cut of Boeing 737 fuselages, rolls through Lombard, Montana. The train is passing the bridge over the Missouri River of the abandoned Milwaukee Ro... (more)

A Montana Rail Link work extra rolls westbound across Bridge 50 west of Childs, Montana. The first part of the train is a "Jimbo" and its gondolas and caboose. A "Jimbo" is used for loading and un... (more)

A westbound BNSF freight rolls through Lombard, Montana, on a clear night. This is where the Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension rolled over the Northern Pacific/Burlington Northern main. The span ov... (more)

A nifty little Montana Rail Link work train heads westbound along the Flathead River up the 10th Subdivision west of Perma, Montana. MRL 328, a former Southern Pacific SD45, leads the short train ... (more)

Montana Rail Link's 844 local rolls through Jefferson River Canyon near the Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park. The former Rio Grande GP35 is towing one car of fertilizer for a customer in Whiteha... (more)

A BNSF coal train with two SD70MACs, and a Union Pacific AC44CW, lead a coal train bound for Portland General Electric along the crystal clear Clark Fork River.

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local rolls across the Clark Fork River near Donlan, Montana. The local, with a pair of GP9s, is heading back to Paradise, and on to Thompson River Lumber near Thomp... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Gas Local rolls west of Eddy, Montana. This day's local is powered by an SD45-2/SD40-2XR combo.