A white Lincoln paces a grain train accelerating up the grade of Mullan Pass on a beautiful summer evening.

Heat escapes from the dynamic grids at a rapid pace as two GE's hold back a heavy detoured stack train down the stiff grade into Helena at sunset. While splitting the NP searchlights at the contro... (more)

Seven EMD's and a GEVO crawl out of Helena with a load of Montana's finest black diamonds bound for Roberts Bank.

MRL 327 leads two sister 45's on the head end of a manifest freight through Tobin, MT.

MRL's Helper 1, a SD45 and two SD40-2XR's, has cut in mid-train of this Tokio, WA bound ribbon rail train with two old Santa Fe veterans leading the charge up Mullan.

Amidst a Summer thunderstorm, a quartet of Montana Rail Link SD70ACe's lead the second section of a Laurel, MT to Pasco, WA manifest out of Helena. The helpers couldn't be cut in mid train due to ... (more)

A total of seven SD70ACe's and one ES44AC lift a loaded coal train out of Montana's capitol city and towards the top of the famed Mullan Pass.

A BNSF coal train on the Montana Rail Link storms west of Helena, Montana, on the approach to Mullan Pass at Tobin on the eve of July 5, 2001. Having two sets of SD40/45/45-2 helpers, one cut in i... (more)

Montana Rail Link F45 no. 391 leads the westbound LM into the setting sun at Tobin, Montana. Helena, Montana's capital, is in the distance.

BNSF GP40M No. 3002 blasts upgrade in the late afternoon light with a manifest freight at Tobin, Montana. Montana's capital city, Helena, lies in the valley below. This is just west of the beginni... (more)

MRL SD70ACe 4302 leads an SD40-2XR and a pair of SD45-2s on the Laurel to Missoula manifest, seen just about to cross Birdseye Road at Tobin, MT in the late evening. The first forty cars are loade... (more)

In sweet evening light, the Laurel to Missoula manifest, led by a trio of MRL SD45-2s, begins to tackle the grade of Mullan Pass at MP 6 on the third sub, a sight and sound not soon to be forgotte... (more)

A five unit set of MRL SD70ACe's cruises down Mullan Pass into Helena, MT after helping a westbound upgrade. The units are closely following an H-PASKCK. Now that both are clear of the main, the l... (more)

A 4-unit MRL mid-train helper set assists an 18,917 ton coal train, the heaviest ever to traverse Mullan Pass, out of Helena. The fourth unit, 4300, is not working and more power will be added at ... (more)

The heaviest train to ever cross Mullan Pass, begins the long slow pull out of Helena. Helping the 133 car 18,917 ton train are four head-end units, four manned mid-train helpers, and two DPU rear... (more)