Westbound Montana Rail Link LM (Laurel to Missoula manifest freight) has F45 No. 391 on the point, and is traversing Winston Hill, east of Helena, Montana, late on the afternoon of September 11, 1... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s night gas local switches tank cars at Pipeline (Thompson Falls), Montana, late in the afternoon of May 5, 2012. After a mostly cloudy and occasionally rainy day, the sun finall... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s No. 844, the Logan local, works upgrade on the Harrison Branch on May 7, 2012. Former Rio Grande GP35, now MRL No. 405, leads five covered hoppers in a view from the cupola of ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s train No. 844, the Logan local, works up the 2.2 percent grade on the Harrison Branch on May 7, 2012. Short but rugged Big Antelope Creek Canyon is 3 miles north of Sappington,... (more)

Springtime in Montana: Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local is heading back to Paradise and is just west of Toole, Montana, on May 3, 2012. Under a leaden sky that is occasionally spitting rain, two... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local cruises along the Clark Fork at Donlan, Montana, on May 3, 2012. The short four car train is headed for Tricon Timber in St. Regis and is powered by two GP9s, No... (more)

Two former Northern Pacific GP9s on Montana Rail Link's Paradise Local run around their train to head back to Paradise. I'm standing on the Milwaukee Road's Pacific extension right-of-way which cr... (more)

Montana Rail Link helpers cut out of a westbound BNSF freight at Elliston, Montana, on September 17, 2012. A member of the helper crew lines the switch back for the main as the helpers get in the ... (more)

Montana Rail Link SD45 (rebuilt locomotive called a SD45-2) No. 328 heads back to Missoula light after setting out a “Jimbo” work train at Thompson Falls, Montana, on September 19, 2012. Unique ca... (more)

Montana Rail Link's ML (Missoula-Laurel) manifest freight showed up just a few minutes before sunrise on a beautiful day in Big Sky country. The intense morning light, which was made even more so ... (more)

Veteran Montana Rail Link Engineer Charlie Kehrwald is at the controls of GP35 No. 405, as we grind up the 2.2 percent grade of the Harrison Branch at 8.6 mph a few miles south of Sappington, Mont... (more)

Montana Rail Link's 844 Local (otherwise known as the Logan Local), rolls through the short but spectacular Big Antelope Creek Canyon about 3 railroad miles north of Sappington, Montana, on MRL's ... (more)

Storm over Homestake: A loaded Montana Rail Link ballast train drops downgrade from the loader at Spire Rock on the Homestake Pass route on September 14, 2010. Two matching SD45s are about to duck... (more)

On September 23, 2009, Montana Rail link’s gas train crosses the Clark Fork and heads east on the Fourth Subdivision at Paradise, Montana.

A Great Blue Heron, a bovine, and another species of waterfowl, go about their business as Montana Rail Link's Polson Local heads north past a nice little pond just north of Charlo, Montana. That'... (more)