Led by Montana Rail Link GP9 No. 111, MRL’s Paradise Local, chants through the former Northern Pacific semaphores at mile 207.3 at Donlan, Montana, on October 6, 2005. These blades were the last... (more)

At 8:20 a.m. the morning of September 1, 2003, Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s V KCMPTL 29 blows by the mile 207.2 semaphores at Donlan, Montana. In the left seat of this former Santa Fe GP50 is... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe train 123 rolls smartly through Donlan, Montana, as it passes a semaphore at mile 208.6 on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision on August 10, 1996.

A BNSF grain train crosses the Clark Fork on Bridge 208 west of Donlan, Montana, while working west over Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision on October 6, 2020.

An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight rumbles over Bridge 208 spanning an icy Clark Fork at Donlan, Montana, on a cold February 9, 1997. Powering the train is BN EMD SD40-2 No. 8102 an... (more)

A BNSF coal train heading westbound on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision heads crosses the Clark Fork on Bridge 208 west of Donlan, Montana, on June 26, 2019.

Powered by Montana Rail Link EMD GP9 Nos. 120 and 127, MRL’s Paradise local heads west over the Clark Fork on Bridge 208 west of Donlan, Montana, on September 29, 2014.

A westbound BNSF freight curves along the Clark Fork west of the siding at Toole approaching Donlan, Montana, on October 8, 2019.

Still looking good in warbonnet dress, Santa Fe GE C44-9W No. 638 leads a westbound grain train past the mile 208.6 semaphore at Donlan between St. Regis and Paradise, Montana, on the morning of S... (more)

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight crosses Bridge 208 over the Clark Fork on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision at Donlan, Montana, on September 5, 1999. Two GE C44-9Ws in warbonnet colo... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD GP50 No. 3131 leads westbound train 125 past the mile 207.2 semaphore on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision main line between St. Regis and Paradise at Donlan, Montan... (more)

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)

After switching Tricon Timber at St. Regis, Montana Rail Links’s Paradise local heads back to Paradise west of Donlan on September 15, 2011. Venerable EMD GP9s Nos. 120 and 113 power the local, ... (more)

Three former Burlington Northern SD60Ms speed a HKCKPAS past the mile 208.6 blade west of Donlan, Montana, on September 1, 2003.

For a time, Montana Rail Link ran a passenger train on portions of its scenic routes called the “Montana Rockies Daylight” operated by Montana Rockies Rail Tours. Here the eastbound 9-car trai... (more)