A new ES44C4 and an SD75I lead a short manifest west along the banks of the Yellowstone River seen from the parking/resting area outside Springdale, MT on MRL's Second Sub.

A pair of MRL SD45-2s lead a manifest westbound between two Northern Pacific era signals just west of Big Timber on the Second Sub. This was the only train we saw with a pair of these gems during ... (more)

A westbound loaded coal train traverses the scenic Lombard Canyon on a beautiful summer morning.

An entire grain train is visible in this one shot. Leading is a former BN executive SD70MAC, followed by a ubiquitous GE Dash-9. Four MRL SD70ACes can be seen in distance helping the train up the ... (more)

A trio of MRL SD70ACes swing through the horseshoe curve at the west end of Austin siding with the daily Laurel to Missoula manifest.

Two older GEVOs lead stacks through a rock cut near Bradley, MT west of Avon on a beautiful summer morning.

Stacks head eastbound through Jens, MT behind a pair of older GEVO models. It's still hard to believe that some of these units are approaching the 10 year mark.

BNSF 8961 grinds up the 2.2% grade of Mullan Pass with a 10,000+ ton loaded coal train. While waiting on this bluff over Austin Road, we could hear the sound of the train approaching, but after tw... (more)

An ES44AC leads a pair of executive SD70MACs on an eastbound empty coal train passing through the rather famous location of Jens, MT on MRL's Third Sub. The rear of the train can be seen in the up... (more)

A beautiful chilly morning finds us at the west slope of MRL's Mullan Pass as the Missoula to Laurel freight begins its assent of the grade. The train is led by a pair of MRL's newly acquired SD70... (more)

A pair of executive SD70MACs power the Butte, MT to Garrison local on a beautiful summer morning. The pair pause in the small yard at Garrison while a crew member switches the track behind me.

Here was a real treat! A pair of former Santa Fe warbonnets lift a rather light Laurel to Spokane manifest up the grade of Mullan Pass on a pleasant summer evening. This was one of two trains we s... (more)

The Canadian invasion continues on NS, evident here by a CN/CP sandwich leading 11R westbound on the Lurgan Branch outside Boiling Springs. Of note, the CP unit is one of the four reactivated SD90... (more)

NS 1072, the Illinois Terminal heritage unit, leads priority train 21M westbound through Palmyra, PA on the NS Harrisburg Line.

A pair of SD70MACs ride along as DPUs on an eastbound empty coal train entering the scenic and remotely accessed Lombard Canyon on MRL's Second Sub.