It's a few minutes before dawn at Paradise, Montana where a pair of Montana Rail Link GP9s sit waiting for the local crew to start their day. It was a few years ago, but I can still remember how ... (more)

MRL 113 and 127 head west toward Paradise, MT after switching the lumber mill at St. Regis. The local will continue west to Thompson Falls and switch another mil, then head east again back to Para... (more)

MRL 113 gets fired up for a day's work handling the Paradise local, a turn that worked east to St. Regis, MT and west as far as Trout Creek, MT at the time. Geeps 113 and 127 will handle chips, lu... (more)

With an elderly GP9 for power, the Laurel switcher heads back towards Yard limits after servicing the CHS Laurel Oil Refinery for a little over an hour.

The 1500 Top Yard brings a cut towards CHS as they pull onto the ex-CBQ Casper Sub.

The 1500 Top Yard returns towards Laurel Yard with a big cut from CHS in the late evening.

The 1500 Top Yard job makes a switch move at CHS in the late evening.

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local cruises along the Clark Fork at Quinns, Montana, on September 13, 2011. MRL EMD GP9 Nos. 113 and 127 power the eastbound local headed to St. Regis on the railr... (more)

I arrived at Paradise before dawn and waited in the station parking lot for the sun to come up. The two GP9s for the Paradise Local were sitting behind the station, ready for the short run to St.... (more)

Sand and exhaust spews from the GP9s powering the Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local as it backs its train out onto the Fourth Subdivision main line at Woodlin east of Thompson Falls, Montana, a... (more)

Two GP9s power the northbound Montana Rail Link “Darby local� on a trestle over Squaw Creek north of Florence, Montana, on May 18, 2013.

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local trundles over Bridge 208 west of Donlan, Montana, on September 23, 2009. Normally, the local flies through here after finishing up switching at Tricon Timber i... (more)

Two Montana Rail Link EMD GP9s wait for a work assignment at Missoula, Montana, on September 24, 2006. Both are former Northern Pacific locomotives built in 1957, and are right at home on the MRLâ... (more)

In the pouring rain, a member of Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local works with a power switch so the pair of GP9s can complete running around its train at St. Regis, Montana, on September 25, 20... (more)