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 Montana Rail Link SD40-2XR is on the point of a Jimbo Train work extra as it holds the siding in Drummond, Montana and waits for a signal work window to clear on the 3rd Subdivision so it can co... (more)

The "Bozeman Bullet" flies into Livingston behind SD40-2XRs 255 and 250.

MRL SD40-2XR 251 pauses after dropping off some cars in Three Forks.

MRL SD40-2XR 264 cools its heels at Austin, MT in between moves with a Jimbo.

Montana Rail Link EMD SD40-2XR Nos. 252 and 252 power the railroad’s Helena local eastbound out of Trident, Montana, on September 14, 2010.

Montana Rail Link EMD SD40-2XR No. 262 powers a MRL “Jimbo” work train through East Helena, Montana, moments after departing Helena Yard on October 16, 2023.

Montana Rail Link’s Billings Transfer departs Laurel Yard on the morning of October 8, 2023. The train is powered by MRL SD40-2XR Nos. 263 and 259 and has a substantial amount of cars for Billin... (more)

Two Montana Rail Link remote switchers work simultaneously at the east end of MRL’s large yard at Laurel, Montana, on the morning of October 8, 2023. For many years, former cabooses carried remo... (more)

A westbound Montana Rail Link “Jimbo” work train, powered by MRL EMD SD40-2XR No. 259, crosses an icy Clark Fork River at Clark Fork, Idaho.

It doesn't get much better than a pair of SD40's passing the fall colors of a grove of Cottonwood trees along the Yellowstone River. It had been over 20 years since I'd done anything with MRL, bu... (more)

On the afternoon of July 6, 2023, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local hauls eleven cars downgrade out of Winston for the lime plant at Townsend, Montana. It’s raining, but I still shot the local ... (more)

A pair of Montana Rail Link SD40-2XR's lead a short LAUBOZ freight as they emerge from the tunnel at the summit of Bozeman Pass in West End, Montana and catch the last sliver of evening sunlight.... (more)

Under threatening skies, the engineer of MRLs ‘Bozeman Bullet’ has the throttle open on MRL 263 as they blast through Reed Point, Montana

MRL 263 races over a culvert while a sun pocket shines onto the train.