The Empire Builder crossing the Flathead River, next stop Belton/West Glacier .

Hoosac Tunnel?: Hoosac, Mont. is long way away from the Boston and Maine and the real Hoosac Tunnel, but at 2,014 foot long, the Central Montana's Sage Creek Tunnel is just as impressive. O... (more)

Tiger-striped Burlington Northern GP50 No. 3152 leads an eastbound freight through a blizzard at Summit, Montana, atop Marias Pass on a snowy March 3, 1988. Trailing 3152 are two more GP50s, a GE ... (more)

The Empire Builder scooting east, next stop Belton/West Glacier .

Westbound grain loads on the Hi-Line .

Geometry train westbound, inspecting some recent trackwork done on the Hi-Line .

On a quiet Saturday morning, under smoke-filled skies due to wildfires further west, MRL 346 and 263 lead the Gas Local empties eastbound along with Clark Fork River.

A BNSF coal train crosses the Clark Fork west of Trout Creek, Montana, late in the afternoon of September 20, 2012, as two fisherman try there luck near the impressive combination truss/girder bri... (more)

A Montana Rail Link work extra rolls westbound across Bridge 50 west of Childs, Montana. The first part of the train is a "Jimbo" and its gondolas and caboose. A "Jimbo" is used for loading and un... (more)

With the helpers on the point, the 46 car Livingston Local makes track speed up Bozeman Pass, passing a patch of wildflowers. You can't beat Montana's scenery!

MRL's Livingston Local returns to town with a short train and two GP35's doing the dirty work.

Traveling Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision, an eastbound BNSF train approaches Trout Creek, Montana, on the evening of September 20, 2012. As the train streaks through the darkness and casts... (more)