A loaded coal train makes its way west along the bank of the St Regis River on MRL's beautiful 4th Subdivision.

Day breaks on the St Regis river as a loaded BNSF coal train races toward the Idaho border on MRL's 4th Subdivision.

Running about 5 minutes ahead of the storm, the night gas clicks along headed towards work at TRL.

Colorado and Southern SD40-2 No. 880 and two other EMDs smoke it up as the roar eastward through Montana with a BN manifest. The train is on BN's ex-Northern Pacific mainline. This line is now own... (more)

Day Gas rolls along the picturesque Flathead River. Truly a gorgeous area!

Classic Montana scene. Day Gas rolls through a local farmers field as the sprinklers keep the crops refreshed and some cows look very uninterested.

Night Gas ambles along the 10th Sub along the cliffs along the gorgeous Flathead River.

Somewhere east of Forsyth, 9513 heads west into the last rays of the setting sun.

While out in Montana checking out a college for my son to attend we chased the MRL north out of Missoula. Kodachrome scan.

Montana Rail Link's Silver Cloud business train crosses Skyline Trestle on its way down Mullan Pass in to Helena

An eastbound coal train crosses a small inlet off the Clark fork just west of Trout creek, montana

......And here is the train that the "Thunderbird" came to rescue, slowing down as it approaches East Glacier

In the UK rescue locomotives are stationed at various strategic spots around the network and are given the name of Thunderbirds after the TV puppet series. Never did I expect to see a BNSF Thunder... (more)

With the arrival of the SD70ACe's a few years ago, the end of the 45 was in sight. In what may be a sign of the future for a pair of MRL's SD45-2's, they've been updated with the companies newest ... (more)