Helper was the last strong hold for DRGW locomotives. This August afternoon saw a swing help consisting entirely of these awesome machines....

A local returns to Helena making good time as the sun sets on this day.....

UP7083 charges around the Pritchard Creek Horseshoe on a pleasant January afternoon. It is about 35 degrees and the snow is knee deep...

The meandering river railroad on the west end of the MRL is in stark contrast of the mountainous central portion of the MRL. Each part of the spectacular MRL seems to compliment the other. Here... (more)

I have shot a lot of trains on this trestle over the years. The easily accessed perch above Skyline still continues to be a favorite location on mine on Mullan Pass. This coal load passed beneath ... (more)

Mid-Train on BNSF5888 west is a 5 unit swing help made up of 2 generations of high horsepower locomotives. Perhaps no other railroad in North America can put on such a diverse show of generationa... (more)

MRL GP9 109 (ex NP109) works home rails at Thompson Falls, MT. The assistant engineer contemplates his next move as he switches the lumber mill.

The sun has just cleared the mountains as SD70ACE BNSF9161 lifts an export coal load towards Mullan Pass, MT. The multiple 10 degree curves at the Austin "loops" add resistance to the heavy unit t... (more)

MRL4313 helps to lift an export coal load over Mullan Pass, MT. The multiple 10 degree curves at the Austin "loops" add resistance to the heavy unit train as it combats the compensated 2.2% grade.

UP 4671 makes quick work of Idaho's Reverse Hill. The "Ice Cold Express" was made famous on the History Channel's Extreme Trains....

The Gas local prepares to pickup its empty gas cars at Thompson Falls, MT. MRL 4312 is one of the locomotives to wear the new company paint scheme.

A westbound manifest assaults the 2.2% grade of Hindman Hill. The railroad uses this shallow box canyon to gain elevation for its climb out of the Snake River watershed near Huntington......

SP274 climbs the 3% at Mitchell in a driving rain storm.

A UP coal load assults the 1% grade up Gore Canyon. The Moffat Road ran a survey around this chasm up and over the Gore Range on a long and twisting 2%, the route thru the canyon was more expensiv... (more)

BNSF4717 makes good time with a hot intermodal detour up the 2.2% at Austin, MT...