Montana Rail Link Gas Local rolls eastbound along the Clark fork River on a beautiful Montana Morning.

Progress is at hand! Seen here while the Night Gas hustles by is the new approach signal for Dixon, which is being upgraded to a full length, CTC siding.

Standing 222 feet above the gulch below and spanning 796 feet, Marent Trestle is truly a sight to behold. When a 150-man work force completed the trestle in 1883, it was the highest structure on t... (more)

Cutting between the mighty Clark Fork River and the smaller but still beautiful Smiley Slough, the Day Gas finally hits the sunshine as they approach Plains.

Approaching the small town of Superior, MT (famous for the last remaining, albeit removed, semaphores on the MRL) the Night Gas takes the longer 4th Sub so an eastbound fleet can take the shorter ... (more)

At the end of a warm summer weekend, the westbound LM arrives in Missoula after its run from Laurel.

As the Night Gas rolls into Plains for a meet at the end of a perfect MT day, astute observers will notice MRL log cars on the head end. MRL log flats are making a comeback after the majority of t... (more)

A sunny, but chilly morning greets the westbound gas train from Missoula to East Thompson Falls, MT as a pair of SD70ACes near their destination with their train. They will switch the plant and he... (more)

With a hint of evening sunlight breaking through the clouds, MRL's Night Gas train approaches the signal bridges in DeSmet as it starts its journey to Thompson Falls from Missoula. The gas train n... (more)

Pipeline in the morning
Fog rolling off the Clark Fork dissipates into the warmth of a rising sun and swirls around Montana Rail Link’s westbound day gas local arriving at Pipeline at ... (more)

Montana Rail Link's infamous Gas Local races by a well-known photo location along the Clark Fork River just north of Plains on its way back to Missoula.

Returning back to Missoula, MRL's Day Gas Train makes track speed in the Weeksville Creek area of Sanders County between Eddy and Plains. The (usually) standard bearers of MRL 4408 and 4406 are in... (more)

The Montana Rail Link's morning gas local makes time along the steaming Flathead River near Dixon, Montana. The sunrise has just peaked over the small, low-rolling mountains connected to the Missi... (more)

MRL's Business Train races west around the sweeping curve near Cyr, Montana on a spectacular spring morning in the valley of the Clark Fork River.