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.

MRL 263 flies past the abandon grain elevator at Reed Point. with a stormy sky in the background

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local descends Winston Hill approaching milepost 215 east of Winston, Montana, on June 30, 2020. Powering the train is EMD SD40-2XR No. 263 and GP9 No. 109.

The Laurel to Bozeman train heads west along the shore of the Yellowstone River, the snowcapped mountains provided a nice backdrop here.

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Bozeman turn is approaching the U.S. Highway 89 at Mission just east of Livingston, Montana, late in the afternoon of July 8, 2021. MRL EMD locomotives up front are... (more)

A work train comes to a brief halt as they use all of their track authority to the MP51.

With the blue hour descending upon the valley and lightly falling snow filling the air, Montana Rail Link's Helena Local cruises up the hill as it splits the searchlights signals outside Winston, ... (more)