BNSF 2863, a bluebonnet Santa Fe GP39-2 is seen in Sappington on its way to Logan.

BNSF 2863, a bluebonnet Santa Fe GP39-2 is seen in Sappington on its way to Logan.

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local out of Logan, Montana, arrives at Sappington and will soon diverge onto the branch to Harrison with four covered hoppers for the Harrison Elevator. Co.

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local that works out of Logan, Montana, approaches milepost 0 of the Harrison branch at Sappington with seven cars from the Harrison grain elevator on October 8, 2023.

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local has just made a run up to Harrison to pick up a pair of empty fertilizer cars from the Harrison Elevator and is now at Sappington, Montana, on June 27, 2023. The co... (more)

With two cars gathered from the Harrison Elevator at the end of the 9.5-mile Harrison branch, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local trundles down the Fifth Subdivision main line at Sappington, Montana, ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local is in the process of picking up MRL SD40-2XR No. 265 at Sappington, Montana, after making a trip up the Harrison branch to retrieve two empty fertilizer cars from t... (more)

The Harrison local nears the end of the approximately weekly journey to the agribusiness in Harrison. Today's catch was 2 loads of fertilizer inbound and one empty outbound. It's hard to believe... (more)

Ballast empties head for Pipestone on MRL's 5th Sub, following the Jefferson River west.

MRL SD70ACe 4309 leads an empty ballast train into the Jefferson River Canyon.

Anyone who has spent any time in cold weather knows that when a train is kicking up snow like that on a calm day... it's cold. Although not rare by any means, 6 axles on the Logan Local are certai... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local begins the trip up the branch to Harrison at Sappington, Montana, on October 4, 2022. On the rear of the train is former Northern Pacific observation car No. 391 th... (more)

A Montana Rail Link ballast train heads west through Jefferson River Canyon west of Sappington, Montana, on the afternoon of June 26, 2016.

Montana Rail Link SD45 number 346 leads a loaded ballast train out of the Jefferson River Canyon between Whitehall and Sappington Montana. This 20-cylinder monster is traversing the MRL's 5th subd... (more)

The 844 local has just finished working the talc plant at Sappington and prepares to head back east to the yard at Logan. The leader on the return trip is MRL 115, which was built for the Chicago ... (more)