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.
With the sun shining at the top of pass above a snow storm at the lower elevations, a trio of MRL EMD's shove eastbound stacks on the rear of an BNSF Q Train as it clears the summit and plunges in... (more)
Montana Rail Link's SDP40 290 with it Montana Centennial paint job. Leads a seven unit string of MRL blue's. (Tom Ellis photo)
After spending the better part of the morning working the yard and serving the grain elevator in Bozeman, Montana, the Montana Rail Link's Bozeman Local departs west towards Logan. The pair of GP3... (more)
The rear DPU of a loaded BNSF coal train is joined by a trio of MRL locos for the climb out of Livingston, Montana and over Bozeman Pass on MRL's 2nd Subdivision. A pair of MRL SD70ACe's bracket t... (more)
Livingston Helper #2 disappears into the tunnel at Westend, MT.
A quartet of MRL SD70ACes assist a loaded tank train up Mullen Pass.
MRL's Laurel-Missoula manifest gets a shove up Mullan Pass courtesy of Helena based Helper #2.
Helper #1's quartet of SD70ACe engines head back down the hill to look for another train.
MRL's 840 local's power heads to the house in Helena.
MRL's 844 local departs the west end of Louisville after meeting an eastbound.
The "Bozeman Bullet" flies into Livingston behind SD40-2XRs 255 and 250.
MRL SD40-2XR 251 pauses after dropping off some cars in Three Forks.
MRL SD70ACe 4404 honors our essential workers at Tobin, MT.
MRL SD40-2XR 264 cools its heels at Austin, MT in between moves with a Jimbo.
