Fall colors are peaking in spots as this Spokane-Laurel manifest train heads east out of Bozeman.

The engineer on this Spokane-Laurel manifest opens up the throttle on this set of SD45-2XRs after meeting two westbounds in the siding at Townsend.

With Lombard Canyon behind them, this Spokane-Laurel manifest eases into Logan and a meet with a westbound coal load.

Three MRL SD45-2XRs lead a handful of BNSF locomotives and another MRL SD45-2XR eastbound out of Helena right after sunrise on a beautiful early fall day in Montana.

On a warm fall afternoon a leased trio of MRL 45's leads a BNSF train bound for Washington through the beautiful Montana countryside.

A MLAUPAS with leased MRL power rolls west through Drummond (note the D on the hill).

Helena-based helpers have cut-off from the headend and are out of view... Leaving two badass SD45's, the leader being of Great Northern heritage, on the point of a high priority rail train bound f... (more)

MRL 351 and 382 lead a Laurel, MT to Spokane, WA ribbon rail train.

MRL 351 and 382 lead a Laurel, MT to Spokane, WA ribbon rail train after the sun has gone down over Trout Creek Montana.

After meeting an Eastbound manifest, two twenty-cylinder behemoths accelerate back to 35MPH, ducking under the vintage NP cantilever with a hot ribbon rail train bound for BNSF's Lakeside Sub doub... (more)

In sweet evening light, the Laurel to Missoula manifest, led by a trio of MRL SD45-2s, begins to tackle the grade of Mullan Pass at MP 6 on the third sub, a sight and sound not soon to be forgotte... (more)

With bridge work taking place on the 4th sub west of Missoula, four SD45's are ready in case they need to lift a WB train up an over the steeper 10th Sub over Evaro Hill. In this day of wide cabs ... (more)

The Helena to Livingston Local, heading east behind SD45’s 351 and 327, takes siding at Louisville, just east of Helena, to wait for four westbound trains.

A solid trio of Montana Rail Link power head up CSX Q580 past Nickajack Lake.

MRL 351 is tied down for the day after working a ballast train in Bozeman