Montana Rail Link’s westbound manifest freight train MLAUMIS crawls along the Missouri River through Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, on June 25, 2015.

Powered by EMD SD70ACes Nos. 4312 and 4403, Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest freight follows the meandering edge of the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, o... (more)

While thunderstorms build to the south and west, Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest freight negotiates Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, on June 28, 2017.

Montana Rail Link’s MLAUMIS passes Toston Dam in Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, on June 28, 2016. EMD SD70ACes Nos. 4300 and 4403 power the Laurel to Missoula manifest freight.

An early autumn rain is falling as Montana Rail Link’s MLAUMIS (LM) passes milepost 175 at Clarkston, Montana, on September 29, 2013. Two new EMD SD70ACes power the Laurel to Missoula freight—... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula road freight climbs up Winston Hill on June 19, 2014. Montana’s big skies are not always clear and blue—as seen with swirling storms over the mountains... (more)

Doing some running on the banks of the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, is westbound Montana Rail Link MLAUMIS (Laurel to Missoula manifest) on June 24, 2015.

Montana Rail Link MLAUMIS follows the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon west of Lombard, Montana, on June 22, 2015. MRL EMD SD70ACes Nos. 4403 and 4402 are power for the westbound train.

East of Toston, Montana, westbound Montana Rail Link MLAUMIS snakes through Lombard Canyon on June 25, 2015.

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest freight (MLAUMIS) snakes along the Missouri River through Lombard Canyon at Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 22, 2015. MRL EMD SD70ACes ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest (LM) curves through Lombard Canyon, Montana, on September 15, 2012. EMD SD70ACe Nos. 4308 and 4312 power the train.

Westward from Toston
Montana Rail Link’s MLAUMIS Laurel to Missoula freight storms out of Toston, Montana, after meeting an eastbound BNSF train on June 19, 2014, on MRL’s 2nd Subdi... (more)

Meeting an eastbound BNSF freight, Montana Rail Link’s LM (MLAUMIS, Laurel to Missoula manifest freight) curves into Winston, Montana, on June 19, 2014.

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest freight curves along the Little Blackfoot River between Avon and Garrison, Montana, on the nice spring day of May 6, 2012.

Montana Rail Link’s train No. MLAUMIS (Laurel to Missoula manifest freight, also known as “LM”) traverses Lombard Canyon at Lombard, Montana, on September 22, 2009. Powering today’s freigh... (more)