Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe Nos. 4301 and 4311, power the road’s ML (Missoula to Laurel) freight through Bonita Tunnel on September 20, 2008. The tunnel is located at mile 94.6 just east of Bo... (more)

Out of the storm
With the collapse and reconstruction of MRL’s Yellowstone River Bridge near Reed Point from June 24 to July 22, 2023, and the subsequent severing of a busy main line,... (more)

On June 24, 2023, Montana Rail Link’s bridge spanning the Yellowstone River near Reed Point collapsed as the railroad’s Laurel to Missoula freight crossed it, sending ten cars into the drink a... (more)

A very short LAUBOZ aka "LB" is speeding into Livingston and will take a yard route to get around two trains on the main and zip across to Bozeman. This is a revised way of running loca... (more)

After helping a BNSF westbound train over the steep grades of Mullan Pass, a standard helper set comprised of a quartet of Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACes, arrives at their home base of Helena, Mon... (more)

A quartet of Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe locomotives, being used in helper service on Mullan Pass west of Helena, are dropping downgrade light engine on the double track between Weed and Austin ... (more)

MRL 4301 leads the ML east around a curve a few miles west of Columbus, MT as it nears the end of its journey from Missoula to Laurel, MT.

After a few days in Sturgis it was time to get back to railroading. I camped beneath a cottonwood tree beside the tracks and watched the passing of trains through the night - some with five unit s... (more)

Three sets of Montana Rail Link helpers slowly make their way back downhill at Skyline. The cattle in the picture were standing on the tracks at the end of the siding. 2500 tons of locomotive ha... (more)

On a crystal clear September 21, 2009, Montana Rail Link’s Missoula to Laurel manifest freight curves through the heart of Montana’s Lombard Canyon just west of the ghost town of Lombard.

Montana Rail Link’s MLAUMIS (Laurel to Missoula manifest freight) edges the calm Missouri River in Lombard Canyon at Lombard, Montana, on September 22, 2009. Powering today’s freight is a pair... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s MMISLAU curves through Bearmouth Canyon at Bearmouth, Montana, on September 20, 2008.

The impressive Rattlesnake Mountains rise high above MRL's Night Gas Local, as it blasts through the small reservation town of Arlee, MT on the 10th Sub.

The impressive Absaroka Mountains stand tall over MRL's Laurel to Missoula manifest, which is clawing its way up the 1.8% grade of Bozeman Pass with a trio of SD70ACe's leading the charge.