As seen high above the cement plant that supplies half of this local’s traffic, MRLs Helena Local rumbles down the MT City branch with the newly fixed SD45 and an elderly GP9 for power.

After roughly two weeks of being in the shops after receiving a crankcase over pressure alarm, many thought the last of MRLs iconic SD45 fleet was done for. However, Livingston brought it back to ... (more)

Exiting Bozeman Tunnel at the crest of its namesake pass, a BNSF rebuild 70mac screams over the hill releasing an incredible amount of smoke. At the rear of the train, a similar smoke effect would... (more)

Wrapped up in a Veterans memorial livery, the MRL 4407 crawls over Skyline Trestle with a long set of loaded ballast cars in tow. With maintenance of way season in full effect, the 4th sub was in ... (more)

With the Yellowstone river in the foreground, and the Fairview Peak mountain range in the background, MRLs Bozeman Bullet cuts right through some of the better scenery on the system. Seen here jus... (more)

With a healthy cut of traffic for Bozeman, train LB, dubbed the “Bozeman Bullet”, wines along the Yellowstone River with two of MRLs SD40s up front. With the impending BNSF takeover, many wond... (more)

Seen from atop a rocky hill, the MRL gas train curves into the tiny town of Weeksville, prepping to meet a train at Paradise a few miles out.

Skating along the Clark Fork River in northwest Montana, MRLs famous day gas train begins its eastward trek for Missoula, with the normal ‘06 & ‘08 up front.

Bozeman pass, known across the country as one of the more iconic mountain passes that trains traverse, sees a local once a week with some of the last GP35 locomotives left in operation. On this su... (more)

In November of 2020, MRL released the second of two special wrapped locomotives to honor those related with the company, with the first being veterans, and the latter being essential workers. And ... (more)

An icon to Montana, and hard to find around the country, one of the last straight SD45s rumbles up the MRL Montana City Branch with a few cars of concrete for Helena. Paired up with the 355 is the... (more)

With spring in full swing, the first leg of DREIs wayfreight from Decatur to Terra Haute is seen here traversing the Embarras River in Camargo, with two SD40-3s sporting SD45 carbodies.

After a crew swap in Chicago, CSXs office car special high-tails south, seen here ripping through Cedar Lake on some former Monon trackage.

CSXs hottest train on the system rockets through Walkerton with its eye grabbing B&O inspired office car special.

With the spring sun beaming down on Chicagoland, BNSFs Joliet Local crawls by UD Tower in downtown Joliet, with a trio of older schemed locomotives. Santa Fe up front, Burlington Northern in the m... (more)