MRL's "Night Gas" accelerates out of a work window near Alberton, MT crossing Fish Creek trestle on the 4th subdivision.

At the end of hot July day, coal loads roll across the trestle above Fish Creek, following the Clark Fork to Sandpoint and beyond.

A loaded oil train rolls over the trestle across Fish Creek as it makes its way through Alberton Canyon towards Paradise.

Running extra #287 passes Joe E79 at the Alberton yard office with a hot train.

Unfortunately the least interesting unit was leading this Spokane to Laurel manifest. BNSF C44-9W #4917 with three leased MRL SD45-2 (#351, #346 and #382) hauling this manifest along the Clark For... (more)

Three MRL SD45s are in charge of this Laurel to Spokane freight on a gorgeous July afternoon. Who would have thought that in 2014 one could still find trios of SD45s hauling freight for a class on... (more)

Leasers: Nine of Montana Rail Link's SD45-2s are earning their keep this spring by being leased to BNSF Railway. Most of the engines, like MRL No. 329 and its sister seen here at Alberton, ... (more)

A westbound BNSF freight rolls through Lothrop, Montana on Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivision on the afternoon of August 6, 2011. At the throttle is MRL engineer David Franz, a veteran of MRL, th... (more)

Train 262 is eastbound with Joe E20 on the point. They are approaching Alberton, MT for a crew change.

Eastbund with 2 Joes and a dead boxcab enters the yard while a westbound Joe Diesel combo sits on main waiting to leave

MRL Night Gas at East Lothrop. The list of things that make a train look small is short, but that tree and those mountains sure are on it.

A WB BNSF coal train with 4 SD60Ms, elephant-style, head to Spokane via the MRL 4th sub.

Little Joe E70 leads an eastbound freight between Avery, Idaho, and Alberton, Montana.