Passing two horses and a resting longhorn on its way to switching customers on the Fifth Subdivision, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local clatters through Three Forks, Montana, on October 11, 2023. Lo... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s LM departed Livingston, Montana, on the afternoon of September 23, 2002, but soon came to a halt at the end of double track just west of town. The train is ready to attack Bo... (more)

Rolling through the picturesque Jefferson River Canyon, one of what's likely to be the final MRL ballast trains is dwarfed by a massive cavern, part of the Lewis and Clark Cavern State Park. Truly... (more)

Fifteen miles from the border of Idaho, situated along the Clark Fork River, lies the small village of Noxon, Montana. Montana Rail Link's former Northern Pacific mainline passes through here and ... (more)

Another winter night is fast approaching as BNSF GE C44-9W No. 4948 leads an eastbound welded rail train toward Trout Creek, Montana. Fog is layering over the mountains and through the trees, with... (more)

Montana Daylight
For several years, Montana Rail Link operated a passenger train on portions of its scenic routes called the “Montana Rockies Daylight,” commonly called “Montana D... (more)

Fog shrouds the Clark Fork Valley an eastbound BNSF manifest freight rolls over Bridge 55 at Trout Creek, Montana, on the morning of October 14, 2018. Trailing the two road locomotives is Montana ... (more)

Climbing the western grade of Marias Pass is an eastbound BNSF freight traversing the Hi Line Subdivision main line through bright autumn colors between Red Eagle and Paola, Montana, on October 9,... (more)

Storming past milepost 215
Montana’s Winston Hill between Townsend and Helena seems to be a magnate for afternoon thunderstorms in summer. Being east of the Continental Divide and wed... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s gas local heads eastbound out of Dixon, Montana, on the railroad’s Tenth Subdivision main line on the morning of October 16, 2018.

A BNSF coal train follows the Clark Fork on Montana Rail Link’s fourth Subdivision main line between Noxon amd Heron, Montana, on September 17, 2011.

With the bridge collapse in Reed Point weeks prior, MRL introduced new wayfreights to preform similar acts to LM & ML. One of these additions, was HELBOZ. Thus, here deep in Lombard Canyon, moment... (more)

Evening light blankets western Montana, as the famed Gas Local cruises west out of Plains with the dynamic duo up front.

Westbound helpers out of Livingston are done shoving this Laurel to Pasco freight train up the 1.8% grade over Bozeman Pass. The helpers will now ride to Bozeman before cutting off after meeting 1... (more)

This Spokane to Alliance, TX, Q-train needed some help to get up the 1.9% Bozeman Pass grade eastbound. A 3 unit helper set is shoving on the rear end with just 1 unit online. Here the freight/sta... (more)