Spent diesel fuel fills the calm Montana mountain air on a chilly Fall morning, while the sound of three EMD 645's drowns out the peaceful rushing waters of the Clark Fork River. The lead locomoti... (more)
Crossing the Yellowstone at a location known as Twin Bridges, engineer Dave Steel keeps the 318 West and company under control on a breezy and warm Fall afternoon. A few hours later, the 318 would... (more)
The rushing waters of the beautiful Yellowstone River are drowned out by three 645-20's in the eighth notch which are fighting a stiff headwind and 7900 tons of Laurel to Spokane manifest traffic.... (more)
A quiet late October day in western Montana is interrupted briefly as the sound of three 645 prime movers roar through the countryside as they lead a Laurel to Spokane extra manifest over Trout Cr... (more)
Three of MRL's SD45-2XRs roar west along the Montana countryside with 8025 tons of mixed freight in tow. The leader would later throw a ground relay and be replaced at Livingston with a SD40-2XR.