Running along an empty highway with ten cars, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local heads west through the Jefferson River Canyon east of Sappington, Montana, on May 16, 2013.

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local out of Logan, Montana, disturbs a horse’s lunch as it passes through Three Forks on October 1, 2013.

With ten cars on the drawbar, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local heads westbound through the Jefferson River Canyon east of Sappington, Montana, on May 16, 2013. On the other side of the river is th... (more)

The impressive rock walls of Jefferson River Canyon dwarf Montana Rail Link’s one-car 844 local headed west between Sappington and Whitehall, Montana, on September 17, 2012. The BNSF covered hop... (more)

Due to track controlling work late in the day the Logan Local has just started it's journey on MRL's 5th sub. Today the trip was short and ended already in Three Forks. Nevertheless it's nice to s... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local climbs the 2.2 percent mountain grade toward Harrison, Montana, over this scenic branch on the Sixth Subdivision. Usually operating only once a week to Harrison, th... (more)

Descending a 2.2 percent mountain grade into Jefferson River Valley and the junction with Montana Rail Link’s Sixth Subdivision at Sappington, Montana, is the 844 local on June 16, 2014. The sho... (more)

Just started the day has the MRL 844 local (Sappington local) with MRL's GP35 #403 and #406. Normally operating only westwards this day it started to haul some loads eastwards to Bozeman. Due to M... (more)

Catching the Logan Local (aka MRL 844) wasn't easy these days due to track work and such things, but finally I was successfull. Here we have GP-35 #406 with a short one heading to Three Fork. It h... (more)

Climbing into Harrison
Horses try to keep a driving rain out of their faces as Montana Rail Link’s 844 local climbs the 2.2 percent mountain grade into Harrison, Montana, over this sc... (more)

A lone GP35 heads west through the Jefferson River Canyon with a short local for Whitehall on MRL's Fifth Sub.

MRL 405 West heads into the Jefferson River Canyon with a short local for Whitehall.

After delivering two covered hoppers and retrieving one from the grain elevator at Harrison, Montana, the branch line’s only customer, Montana Rail Links’s 844 local heads back to Sappington d... (more)

Montana Rail Link's 844 Local is westbound near Whitehall, Montana, on October 1, 2013. The local serves Whitehall on the Fifth Subdivision as needed, with the hopper behind the locomotive to be s... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local heads westbound through the Jefferson River Canyon east of Sappington, Montana, on May 16, 2013. High above the train is a huge cliffside cave located in Lewis and ... (more)