Passing milepost 6, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local climbs up the 2.2% grade of the Harrison Branch on May 17, 2013. Today’s train is three cars powered by MRL GP35 No. 406.

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local has made a trip of the Harrison Branch and is switching the elevator there as seen looking out a nearby abandoned house in Harrison, Montana, on May 17, 2013. The doo... (more)

After retrieving a covered hopper from the grain elevator at Harrison, Montana—the branch line’s only customer—Montana Rail Links’s 844 local heads back to Sappington descending on a 2.2 percent m... (more)

It’s the beginning of summer on June 22, 2015, as Montana Rail Link’s 844 local brings 3 covered hoppers upgrade to the Harrison Elevator Company at the end of the Sixth Subdivision at Harrison, M... (more)

The MRL line to Harrison was infrequently used but worth the trip if you had a train running that direction. Looking very lonely out in the middle of nowhere MRL is returning with one car after sp... (more)

It’s the beginning of summer on June 22, 2015, and everything is still spring-green as Montana Rail Link’s 844 local brings 3 covered hoppers to Harrison Elevator Company at the end of the Sixth S... (more)

Montana Rail Link 844 local drops downgrade on the Harrison Branch on June 27, 2016. The 9.5-mile branch out of Sappington, Montana, features a 2.2% mountain grade—and the six-car local is led by ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local approaches Harrison, Montana, on May 17, 2013. MRL EMD GP35 No. 403 powers the three-car train up the 2.2 percent mountain grade of the 9.5 mile branch to Harrison.

Montana Rail Link Nos. 403 and 115 climbing the 2.2 percent mountain grade on the Harrison branch with eight covered hoppers as it approaches milepost 6 north of Harrison, Montana, on June 27, 201... (more)

Climbing the 2.2% grade into Harrison, Montana, is Montana Rail Link’s 844 local with eight blue covered hoppers for the Harrison Elevator Company on June 27, 2016. The local passes a fence line w... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local drops down grade on the steep 2.2% mountain grade on the Harrison Branch and over a trestle after departing Harrison, Montana, on June 27, 2016. The local, powered by... (more)

Crossing a wood trestle, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local drops down the 2.2% mountain grade on MRL’s branch to Harrison, Montana, on June 22, 2015.

Usually operating only once a week to Harrison, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local grinds up the 2.2% mountain grade near milepost 6 on June 22, 2015. The 3-car local is powered by MRL GP35s Nos. 403 a... (more)

Passing a rustic ranch, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local climbs the 2.2% mountain grade on this branch to Harrison, Montana, between milepost 5 and 6 on the way up to the service the elevator located... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local climbs the 2.2 percent mountain grade toward Harrison, Montana, over this scenic branch on the Sixth Subdivision. Usually operating only once a week to Harrison, the ... (more)