MRL 355 leads the Helena Local up Winston Hill, the sun sets as the 355 rounds the curve as it just about splits the old Searchlight signals. Notice the newer "Vader" Signals waiting on ... (more)

MRL 355 blurs past the soon-to-be-replaced searchlights on Winston Hill.

With only minutes of light left a BNSF Q-ALTPTL climbs Winston Hill with Boeing 737 fuselages in tow.

The last active MRL SD45 leads the Helena Local up hill at Winston at last light.

The westbound Helena local exits the siding at Winston after meeting 2 Eastbounds, with the last SD45 and GP9 left on the roster for power.

A westbound freight passes the soon to be replaced searchlight signal at West Winston, with the new mast only a few days away from being installed next to the older one.

On the afternoon of July 7, 2021, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local heads upgrade on Winston Hill at milepost 215 east of Winston, Montana, on MRL’s Second Subdivision main line.

Late in the day of July 7, 2021, an eastbound BNSF coal empty cruises downhill past milepost 214 on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision main line over Winston Hill, Montana.

The storms are receding to the east as Montana Rail Link’s Helena local, led by MRL EMD GP9 No. 109, rolls downgrade just east of Winston, Montana, on the afternoon of July 7, 2021.

On the stormy and darkening evening of June 25, 2019, Montana Rail Link’s Helena switch rolls through a curve just out of Winston, Montana. Powering the short local with two cars for the limesto... (more)

Under a big Montana sky, Montana Rail Link’s MMISLAU (Missoula to Laurel manifest) freight approaches Winston on the morning of July 3, 2018.

An eastbound BNSF freight drops downgrade on Montana Rail Link’s Winston Hill east of Winston, Montana, on the morning of July 1, 2020.

Passing milepost 215 east of Winston, Montana, a westbound BNSF manifest freight slowly climbs Montana Rail Link’s grade up Winston Hill on the afternoon of July 6, 2018.

Under a big sky full of rainy clouds, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local climbs Winston Hill as heads westbound for home approaching Winston, Montana, on the afternoon of June 30, 2020.

A thunderstorm has moved east over Canyon Ferry Lake and the Big Belt Mountains on the afternoon of July 7, 2021, as a BNSF coal train climbs the westbound grade of Winston Hill between Townsend a... (more)