The rear end of a westbound Burlington Northern grain train is exiting the big Iron Ridge Cut between Austin and Weed, Montana, while climbing Montana Rail Link’s main line over Mullan Pass on A... (more)
Montana Rail Link’s Helena switch works upgrade into Winston, Montana, on the morning of July 5, 2018. This is the “local” out of Helena that switches the cement plant and RY Timber at Towns... (more)
A trio of Montana Rail Link SD40s (rebuilt and labeled SD40-2XR) power a westbound freight up Winston Hill east of Winston, Montana, on the morning of July 2, 2018.
MRL 259 runs long hood first with a Jimbo work train headed east at Belknap after working the west end of the Montana Rail Link during the week. MRL 259 is former BN 6324, built in November 1971, ... (more)