MRL SD40 no. 251 and mate work a freight east having just left Big Timber, MT. The train is occupying Northern Pacific's former mainline along the Yellowstone River with the Crazy Mountains provid... (more)

Thundering right along on the approach to Big Timber, a massive derailment would find this train tied down in Livingston for the next 48 hours.

This eastbound train was tied down at Big Timber when I arrived. A new crew has the train put back together and accelerating past the grain elevators trackside.

A new Tier 4 locomotive is leading a train which is moving along at 50 or 60 mph leaving Big Timber, Montana. I'll have to admit I was snoozing in the car and almost missed this fast moving train... (more)

Moments away from an impending storm, the excellent trio has the LM at track speed at they approach Big Timber.

Heading out of Big Timber, Montana, beneath the Crazy Mountains on the morning of June 25, 2016, is an eastbound BNSF freight on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision.

Big Sky Country. Montana certainly lives up to its billing. Here the entire 77 car LM is visible as runs out its final miles in the prairie and farmlands before tackling the famed helper districts... (more)

Built 63 years apart, two SD70ACe's dwarf the ex CGW 120, now MRL 115, just as Crazy Mountains in the background dwarf the LM as it makes its way across the eastern end of the railroad between Big... (more)

MRL 317, an ex-SP SD45-2, is on the move at Big Timber after meeting an eastbound. The Mainstreet of the Northwest lineage of this route is evident with the NP-era searchlights and gantry.

Montana Rail Link's train LM powered by a pair of SD70ACes splits vintage target signals on their mainline west of Big Timber, MT on a brisk November day. It seems not that long ago that the goal ... (more)

Montana Rail Link's daily LM (Laurel-Missoula) manifest freight cruises along the Yellowstone River towards Livingston, MT. The train seems to draw little attention from a couple of deer feeding i... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Laurel-Missoula manifest bends around a curve and through a pair of target signals west of Big Timber, MT. The SD70ACes are in typical MRL show room condition as the train race... (more)

The hottest train on the railroad. - You know it's hot when it's got foreign power (UP) on a foreign railroad (MRL) and only two cars behind. This was a "J" train special out of Fort Worth,... (more)

Over 8,000 feet of manifest works East with a trio of BNSF-leased SD45's, under the watch of the impressive Absaroka Mountains on a beautiful October morning.

A pair of MRL SD45-2s lead a manifest westbound between two Northern Pacific era signals just west of Big Timber on the Second Sub. Sadly, this was the only train we saw with a pair of these gems ... (more)