MRL 252, a set of helpers pushes a loaded coal train up the grade at Skyline. The loaded coal experienced an engine failure before the bridge causing them to stop, a rescue helper set came to help... (more)

Montana Rail Link Day Gas Local at Perma

An MRL Whitehall Extra crew has a train of stored coal hoppers and intermodal well cars in tow as they approach Logan, Montana where they will get on the 2nd Subdivision from the 5th Subdivision t... (more)

A pair of SD70ACe's lead the Montana Rail Link's Day Gas job as it makes the eastbound return trip with empty tank cars from Thompson Falls to Missoula. The train is following the Flathead River o... (more)

Led by a GP9, Montana Rail Link's Helena Local makes its way into Townsend, Montana and passes under the searchlight cantilever that stands guard at the west end of the Townsend siding. With their... (more)

A pair of SD70ACe's lead the Montana Rail Link's Day Gas job as it makes the eastbound return trip with empty tank cars from Thompson Falls to Missoula. The train is following the Flathead River o... (more)

A winter storm rolls through Piedmont, Montana and fills the air with heavy snowfall as an extra Montana Rail Link crew has just signed on to the 7th Subdivision at the block register box and is t... (more)

A pair of SD70ACe's lead the Montana Rail Link's Day Gas job as it makes its way east over the 10th Subdivision serving as a pipeline connection between Thompson Falls and Missoula. The train has ... (more)

After tying on to the rear of a BNSF Q train, a trio of Montana Rail Link EMD's begin the shove up Bozeman Pass as they depart from Bozeman, Montana. The tracks will climb almost 1000 feet over th... (more)

A pair of SD70ACe's lead the Montana Rail Link's Day Gas job as it makes the eastbound return trip with empty tank cars from Thompson Falls to Missoula. The train is following the Flathead River o... (more)

The MRL Night Gas wrapping around the Clark Fork River on the MRL 4th Subdivision.

The Day Gas returning from Thompson Falls towards home base of Missoula. This train rarely runs with MRL power since the BNSF take over.

Night Gas heading to Thompson Falls under the Northern Pacific cantilever relics in Plains.

The Night Gas making its way to Thompson Falls, MT, along the Clark Fork River on the MRL 4th Sub.

Day Gas heading back to Missoula on the MRL 10th Subdivision as they snake alongside the beautiful Flathead River for a number of miles. Before the Flathead River, the 10th Sub snakes alongside th... (more)