Hearing all 40 cylinders wound up to get this train to track speed along a rising Yellowstone River was a wonderful sound... a rare sight in 2019!

After finishing up switching at the cement plant at Townsend, Montana Rail Link’s Helena switch heads for home on the morning of October 17, 2018. At this late date, it is pretty rare to see a l... (more)

Montana Rail Link GP9 No. 131 and SD45 No. 346 sit just outside the railroad’s locomotive shop at Livingston, Montana, on May 7, 2012. No. 131 can trace its history back to Quebec North Shore & ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s “day” gas local curves eastbound through Weeksville, Montana, on September 20, 2012, led by venerable EMD SD45 No. 346.

On September 20, 2012, Montana Rail Link’s gas local heads east along the Flathead River at Perma, Montana, on MRL s Tenth Subdivision. Powering the train of tank cars is MRL SD45 (SD45M-2) No.... (more)

Four Montana Rail Link SD45s shove hard on the rear of a westbound BNSF grain train climbing Mullan Pass at Iron Ridge cut just east of Weed, Montana, on September 2, 2003. A total of 12 six-axle ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s gas local heads east along the clear Flathead River on September 21, 2012. Powering the train of tank cars is MRL SD45 (SD45M-2) No. 346 and SD40-2XR No. 263.

The Montana Rail Link Gas Local, led by SD45 346, head east across the Flathead River towards Missoula after just passing through Paradise, Montana.

Pieces of the Past: A quiet Saturday morning in Superior, Montana is temporarily interrupted by a trio of Montana Rail Link SD45-2s leading H-KCKSPO1-24. In the foreground, old signal masts... (more)

Changing Seasons: The days are getting shorter and snow is starting to dust the mountain tops; winter is in the air in western Montana. In the shadow of those snowcapped peaks, a trio of Mo... (more)

Spent diesel fuel fills the sky as 92 cylinders of EMD 645's battle hard up the 1.0% grade past the NP-era searchlights protecting the control point at West Louisville. The crawl will end in a lit... (more)

After chasing this train for two afternoons over the MRL, this was probably the last time ill get to see a trio of SD45s.

Westbound Kansas City - Spokane manifest with leased MRL SD45s crosses the Clark Fork River Bridge at Paradise.

A trio of leased MRL SD45s scream through St. Regis on their way to Spokane.

HKCKSPO blasts by the west siding switch at Superior.