Montana Rail Link E/B Gas Train leaving Thompson Falls, MT on September 30, 2015 with MRL 4406 & 4408. The skies were heavy with smoke from regional forest fires in Western Montana and North Idaho... (more)
Montana Rail Link, MRL 4406 E/B Gas train works downgrade at Evaro, MT on September 30, 2015 with MRL 4408. We followed this one from Thompson Falls to Missoula.
The MRL Night Gas wrapping around the Clark Fork River on the MRL 4th Subdivision.
Night Gas heading to Thompson Falls under the Northern Pacific cantilever relics in Plains.
The Night Gas making its way to Thompson Falls, MT, along the Clark Fork River on the MRL 4th Sub.
Montana Rail Link’s day gas local, returning to Missoula from Pipeline at Thompson Falls, follows the Clark Fork eastbound through Weeksville, Montana, on February 7, 2022.
A rugged Mission Range looms over Montana Rail Link’s night gas local rolling westbound along the Flathead River past milepost 44 near Dixon at McDonald, Montana, on June 26, 2020.
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.
Evening light blankets western Montana, as the famed Gas Local cruises west out of Plains with the dynamic duo up front.
Montana Rail Link’s day gas local crosses the Thompson River east of Thompson Falls, Montana, and is following the Clark Fork on MRL’s Fourth Subdivision main line on October 14, 2018.
Seen high above Evaro Hill, at the crest, rests one of the more iconic trestles along the MRL… seen here supporting the evening Gas train with a healthy cut for Thompson Falls.
MRLs ‘Night Gas’ wastes no time on the 4th sub west of Paradise, Montana as they head for Pipeline.
Montana Rail Link’s night gas local approaches the junction with MRL’s Fourth Subdivision main line at Paradise, Montana, on June 26, 2020.
The gas local heads works west along the Clark Fork River as it approaches Plains.
The Day Gas local heads back to Missoula approaching Arlee on the 10th Sub.
