An eastbound BNSF grain train follows the Clark Fork to Trout Creek, Montana, on February 8, 2024. Trailing lead motor BNSF GE ES44AC No. 5796 is Ferromex EMD SD70ACe No. 4053, adding some color t... (more)

On a wintery morning in the Clark Fork River Valley, a westbound BNSF freight crosses Bridge 57 spanning the Clark Fork just west of Trout Creek, Montana, on February 9, 2024.

BNSF GE ET44AC No. 3672 leads an eastbound BNSF grain train through Trout Creek, Montana, on February 11, 2024. This former Montana Rail Link main line is now BNSF’s MRL Subdivision of its Monta... (more)

The backshop at Montana Rail Link’s Livingston Shop was well equipped to handle any major repair or rebuild of a locomotive for the railroad. On May 7, 2012, an assortment of blue EMDs has work ... (more)

A westbound BNSF Q train crosses Bridge 55 over the icy Trout Creek inlet into the Clark Fork at Trout Creek, Montana, on February 12, 2024. The westbound train is operating on former Montana Rail... (more)

A Montana Rail Link SD40-2XR is on the point of a Jimbo Train work extra as it holds the siding in Drummond, Montana and waits for a signal work window to clear on the 3rd Subdivision so it can co... (more)

The Montana Rail Link's Whitehall Extra crew enters the west end of the Jefferson River Canyon outside Cardwell, Montana as they head east. The train today is a solo BNSF H1 Dash 9 on the point of... (more)

The gates to Harrison
Montana Rail Link’s 9.5-mile branch to Harrison out of Sappington was a bit like stepping into a railroad time warp. Jointed rail winding through idyllic ranch co... (more)

An eastbound BNSF freight rolls through Weeksville between Thompson Falls and Plains, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s scenic Fourth Subdivision on February 6, 2022.

Led by BNSF GE ES44AC No. 6177, a westbound BNSF coal train crosses the Clark Fork at Noxon, Montana on February 13, 2024. This scenic Montana Rail Link main line is now BNSF’s MRL Subdivision o... (more)

During the bridge rebuild at Reed Point that severed Montana Rail Link’s main line from June 24 to July 22, 2023, the railroad operated several different turns and the usual locals to serve thei... (more)

A pair of GP35's work the east end of the yard in Bozeman, Montana on the Montana Rail Link's Bozeman Local, pulling between the embankments that once carried a Milwaukee Road branch into downtown... (more)

BN 9794 has been set out from the North Coast Hiawatha during its station stop at Livingston, MT. The passenger train has just departed the station and is starting to climb Bozeman Hill, and will ... (more)

AMTK 536 slows the North Coast Hiawatha to a stop at Livingston, MT. The train will spend some dwell time here while the headend power sets out a former NP FP7A unit for servicing at the BN shops ... (more)

With temperatures well below zero and the sun not yet reaching into the west end of Jefferson Canyon, a Montana Rail Link Whitehall Extra rolls through Cardwell, Montana and follows the Jefferson ... (more)