A westbound BNSF coal train loops out of Austin, Montana, while climbing Mullan Pass west of Helena on October 7, 2020. Four Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACes on the mid-train manned helper grind upg... (more)
As a BNSF grain train churns upgrade with a quartet of manned Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe helpers cut into the middle of the train, another helper set slowly makes its way east back toward Helen... (more)
Montana Rail Link’s MMISLAU freight drops downgrade at Austin, Montana, on the afternoon of July 5, 2021. The train is led by MRL’s specially painted (wrapped, actually) “Thank you to all es... (more)
Ascending Montana Rail Link’s Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, is a westbound BNSF Herzog ballast train climbing out of Austin on the morning of June 26, 2020.