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)

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)

MRL 328, an SD45 heads a "Jimbo" work train towards Thompson Falls to drop off new ties and retrieve old ones. The train will tie up at Thompson Falls and head west to Kootenai, ID on September 21... (more)

MRL 328 makes a rare appearance on the west end of the Montana Rail Link towing a work train out to Kootenai, ID near Sand Point for some fall track work.

A Montana Rail Link work extra snakes westbound along the Flathead River on MRL’s 10th Subdivision on September 21, 2012. Behind SD45 No. 328 is two MofW 40-foot boxcars and a string of flats load... (more)

Pushing up Winston Hill: The power for Montana Rail Link’s 840 local out of Helena has the additional duty of helping out a struggling westbound BNSF coal train up Winston Hill west of Townsend, M... (more)

Montana Rail SD45 (MRL calls the rebuilt locomotive a SD45-2) No. 328 pulls a “Jimbo” work extra on the Thompson River Lumber Lead down to the junction with MRL’s main line at Thompson Falls, Mont... (more)

A Montana Rail Link "Jimbo" work train prepares to overnight in Thompson Falls, Montana. Caboose number 1007 which was originally from the B.C. Hydro Railway, came from MRL's sister railroad SRY R... (more)

A Montana Rail Link work extra rolls westbound across Bridge 50 west of Childs, Montana. The first part of the train is a "Jimbo" and its gondolas and caboose. A "Jimbo" is used for loading and un... (more)

A nifty little Montana Rail Link work train heads westbound along the Flathead River up the 10th Subdivision west of Perma, Montana. MRL 328, a former Southern Pacific SD45, leads the short train ... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Gas Local rolls west of Eddy, Montana. This day's local is powered by an SD45-2/SD40-2XR combo.

Montana Rail Link's 840 Local from Helena glides along the Missouri River just north of Trident, Montana. Leading the local are SD45(-2) no. 328, and SD45-2 no. 308.

A Montana Rail Link ballast train has finished loading a few miles west of here at Pipestone Quarry, and is on the approach to Whitehall, Montana. This is taken from the old U.S. Highway 10 overpa... (more)

A pleasant change from the endless parade of GE widecabs - an all-EMD lash-up consisting of four SD45s and a pair of Oakway 60s.

About 40 years ago, this silhouette was synonymous of an innovative and powerful EMD product, housing the 20 cylinders 3600HP EMD645E3 prime mover. This hood still covers the same mover on this un... (more)