Loaded coal passing soon to be gone searchlights on a soon to be gone railroad. Hopefully the depot remains a maintenance base for BNSF, but I doubt it will see the same level of upkeep.

MRL SD70ACe 4304 hauls the M LAULAU out of Columbus, MT.

MRL's Laurel-Bozeman turn is just west of Columbus, MT. MRL SD70ACe 4304 has a healthy 51 car train in tow.

MRL LAUBOZ is heading West towards Bozeman after passing through the town of Columbus.

After meeting a couple eastbounds in town, LAUBOZ heads westbound out of Columbus past a swollen Yellowstone River. A week prior, major flooding was occurring along the Yellowstone, putting our tr... (more)

With a healthy cut of traffic for Bozeman, train LB, dubbed the “Bozeman Bullet”, wines along the Yellowstone River with two of MRLs SD40s up front. With the impending BNSF takeover, many wond... (more)

A relatively lengthy Laurel-Bozeman road switcher rounds the curve out of Columbus.

A loaded grain train passes a swarm of crows at West Rapids.

Shortly into their trip over the MRL, Q-ALTPTL6 works their way west.

A westbound Q train rounds the bend out of Columbus with some Boeing fuselages in tow.

The Laurel-Bozeman turn is just barely outside of Laurel, where it will get thrown into a siding until after dark. One of the few original SD40-2's on the MRL roster leads one of the few 20 cylind... (more)

The Gallatin Rocket rips through a river curve with a neat set of clouds high above. Leading this train is the rarely shot MRL 250, THE MRL locomotive. On October 31st, 1987, on the eve of MRL own... (more)

Soaring over a fork of the Yellowstone River, we see a trifecta of blue; sky, locomotives and river. This area will soon swell to triple its depth as snow melt starts running, drowning everything ... (more)

Under a stormy sky, Montana Rail Link’s Bozeman turn curves along the Yellowstone River leaving Columbus, Montana. MRL EMD SD45 No. 355 and SD40-2XR No. 252 power the westbound local on the afte... (more)

At the end of 2020, the MRL unveiled two locomotives that were wrapped in two special schemes to show appreciation to both veterans and essential workers. The MRL 4404 was wrapped to thank Essenti... (more)