The MRL laurel-Missoula manifest train is heavy with refurbished M1 Abrams tanks. This is quite a un-common site for this train, but made for a very heavy train. The head-end consisted of a SD40 l... (more)
The westbound Montana Rail Link Laurel-Missoula manifest splits the cut approaching Austin Creek Viaduct. The train is making good time up Mullan Pass, and has no helper this afternoon.
A BNSF coal train is climbing the 2.2 percent grade of Montana Rail Link’s route over Mullan Pass on June 30, 2019. The head end is passing the short siding at Skyline, Montana, while the rear D... (more)
Five Boeing fuselages entrained on a westbound BNSF intermodal train climbing Mullan Pass on Montana Rail Link on June 30, 2019. The train is crossing Austin Creek Trestle just west of Skyline, Mo... (more)
A westbound BNSF freight grinds upgrade through Skyline, Montana, while climbing Mullan Pass west of Helena on Montana Rail Link’s Third Subdivision on June 28, 2017.