Montana Rail Link’s 840 local departs Trident, Montana, on September 21, 2008. In the background on the other side of the Missouri River is the empty, abandoned grade of Milwaukee Road’s Pacif... (more)

A pair of BNSF EMD SD70MACs lead a BNSF coal train westbound over the Clark Fork between Thompson Falls and Belknap, Montana, on September 11, 2010.

My, what big radiators you have
With all of the added emission restrictions over the last couple of decades, the cooling capabilities of modern locomotives demand larger radiators, culm... (more)

Montana Rail Link SD45 No. 346 has some work done in the running repair shop at the railroad’s Livingston Shop on May 7, 2012. MRL 346 was built by EMD in May 1970 as a high-nose Norfolk & Weste... (more)

After waiting several hours for a train, I was rewarded with this five locomotive consist just below the Toston dam on the Missouri River. A few miles to the west, those extra locomotives will be... (more)

Led by BNSF EMD SD70ACe No. 8758, an eastbound BNSF grain train rumbles through Noxon, Montana, on the morning of June 28, 2019.

An eastbound BNSF grain train rumbles across Bridge 55 over Trout Creek along the Clark Fork and the former Montana Rail Link main line through Trout Creek, Montana, on a wintery February 12, 2024... (more)

Night gas rolling
Floating on a carpet that is Montana Rail Link’s Tenth Subdivision main line approaching Perma is the night gas local heading west on September 21, 2006. The rain fi... (more)

With an approach signal ahead, a pair of Montana Rail Link SD70ACe's slow as they split the searchlight signals at the west end of the siding at Eddy, Montana. This is the eastbound return leg of ... (more)

Loaded grain train G-WTRKAL9-11A crests over the top of Marias Pass westbound towards Whitefish with the beautiful Rocky Mountain vista behind them.

As the sun dips below the snowcapped mountains, BNSF L-MON8211-15A (MRL Night Gas Local) snakes around the chilly waters of the Clark Fork River.

A westbound BNSF coal train follows an icy and foggy Clark Fork Valley through Trout Creek, Montana, on February 8, 2024.

Shortly after sunrise, BNSF C-SCRMRBC0-45F has mid-train helpers cut in and they have begun their climb out of Helena towards Mullan Pass. Notable buildings of the Helena skyline can be seen in th... (more)

BNSF Q-ALTPTL rolls over Bridge 55 at Trout Creek, Montana, heading west on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision on the bright winter day of February 5, 2022.

On February 13, 2024, running on BNSF’s newly-formed MRL Subdivision after reacquiring Montana Rail Link is an eastbound BNSF manifest freight crossing the bridge spanning the Clark Fork at Noxo... (more)