On August 9, 1996, Montana Rail Link’s ML (Missoula to Laurel manifest freight) train curves into Austin, Montana. Leading the train is one of MRL’s EMD cowl F45s, No. 391.

ATSF F45 1936, along with a pair of SD45s, is ready to depart the west end of Argentine Yard, on quite possibly the F45's first revenue trip following delivery from EMD earlier in the month.

Curving past Toston Dam
All three Montana Rail Link F45s power train LM (Laurel to Missoula manifest freight) by Toston Dam on the Missouri River as the train curves through Lombard Can... (more)

Less than two months after arrival on the Utah Railway, and still in full Burlington Northern paint, three leased former BN F45s 6613,6606 & 6608 lead Utah coal empties back to the mine for reload... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s ML (Missoula to Laurel manifest) freight traverses some of the many curves in Lombard Canyon near Toston, Montana, on August 9, 1996. On the point is cowl F45 no. 391, leadin... (more)

On August 9, 1996, Montana Rail Link’s ML train (Missoula to Laurel freight) descends Mullan Pass as the train departs Austin, Montana. On the point is one of the railroad’s four EMD F45s, No.... (more)

In May of 1995, a former Santa Fe F45 (blt. June 1968) was rebuilt by MK in Boise and leased to the Utah Railway Company for six years. Here the 9013 basks in the warm morning sunlight at Martin, ... (more)

ex-Transcisco Tours 1002, nee-BN 6642

Waiting for a new coat of WSOR red and gray paint... ex-Transcisco Tours 1001, exx-Daylight Locomotive & Machine 743, nee-BN 6627. These units must have been deemed too heavy for the WSOR becaus... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Missoula to Laurel (ML) freight curves through Lombard Canyon, Montana, on a beautiful August 9, 1996. On the point is F45 No. 391, leading three other big blue EMDs.

Four F45s and a FP45 guide a westbound intermodal to a crew change stop at Seligman, Arizona, on December 22, 1972.

Montana Rail Link F45 No. 391 leads the ML (Missoula to Laurel manifest freight) through Bearmouth Canyon at Bearmouth, Montana, on September 2, 2003. Today, October 31, 2012, Montana Rail Link is... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Missoula-Laurel freight (ML) crossing Austin Creek Trestle (also know as Skyline Trestle) on Mullan Pass, Montana, on August 9, 1996. On the point is No. 391, one of MRL’s ... (more)

Montana Rail Link F45 no. 390 leads the westbound LM (Laurel-Missoula freight) at Rock Creek (east of Clinton), Montana. I'm glad I was able to photograph this train as it was the last time I shot... (more)

Montana Rail Link F45 No. 391, on the point of MRL’s LM freight, glints off the still waters of the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon, Montana, on the afternoon of September 11, 1995. The train h... (more)