An eastbound BNSF grain empty crosses 797-foot long Marent Trestle just east of Evaro, Montana, on September 18, 2006. This is Montana Rail Link’s highest bridge at 226 feet high, and and is locat... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal train crosses Marent Trestle just east of Evaro, Montana, on September 18, 2006. Powering the train are three former Burlington Northern EMD SD60Ms still in Cascade green an... (more)

The Montana Rail Link's gas local is doing its twice daily battle of Evaro Hill as it fights to take the 20 car train to Pipeline near Thompson Falls, Montana. The train also has lumber for TRL be... (more)

Working west across Marent Trestle east of Evaro, Montana, on the evening of September 18, 2006, is Montana Rail Link’s night gas local. Three SD45s, Nos. 355, 314 and 346 lead the train up the Te... (more)

Two BNSF locomotives hold back its train as it screeches through the snow storm on it way down the 2.2 percent grade of Evaro Hill towards Missoula, Montana. Marent Trestle is pictured which spans... (more)

The eastbound Day Gas crests the summit of Evaro Hill on MRL's 10th Subdivision, with several high peaks of the Mission Mountain Range visible in the distance.

The metal on metal sounds of wheelslip drone out two EMD 710 series as raindrops fall from the sky on a late Winter evening, while two Montana Rail Link SD70ACe's are on a losing battle - tonnage,... (more)

Passing a small pond filled with recent snowmelt, Montana Rail Link’s night gas local surmounts Evaro Hill at Evaro, Montana, on May 8, 2012.

As the larch burn bright orange on the mountain slopes behind, an empty Boardman coal train slowly approaches the crest of Evaro Hill. The engineer is already easing off on the throttle in prepara... (more)

The two units on MRL's outbound Night Gas were hard at work to lift their loaded train up the 2.2% grade of Evaro Hill as they crossed Marent Gulch Trestle on a crisp, clear summer afternoon in Mo... (more)

The eastbound Day Gas with a head-end pickup from Paradise approaches the summit of Evaro Hill with the larch on the slopes lit up gold.

Struggling up the 2.2% grade of Evaro Hill, three generations of EMD's battle gravity, curvature and tonnage with a handful of extra cars for Paradise ahead of the typical gasoline, diesel and jet... (more)

A MRL business train slows down to a crawl so its guests can take in the impressive view from Marent Trestle on Evaro Hill just west of Missoula.

This eastbound coal train was photographed on Marent Viaduct east of Evaro, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s 10th Subdivision. Even though the SD60M on the lead has been stenciled with a small BNSF... (more)