The first section of BN train 120 has almost finished rounding the large horseshoe curve that crosses Greenhorn Creek between Skyline and Weed, Montana, and passes some mountain lupines on the mor... (more)
A late afternoon intermodal blasts out of the tunnel at Blossburg with an impressive all EMD consist leading the charge over the continental divide. The four helpers on the point provide the extra... (more)
Still surviving, the old cantilever style signals at the west end of the Plains siding witnesses the Day Gas empties heading east. Hopefully these signals stand for years to come, but it certainly... (more)
Ghosts of Lombard. With a full harvest moon, a MRL manifest passes through Lombard, MT. Originally founded in the 1890s, Lombard, MT, the iconic location where the Milwaukee Road’s bridge o... (more)
An early morning grain train greets sunrise as it begins its assault on Mullan Pass on the MRL.
Nearing the top of the hill, the BARPAS and 0800 helpers pass through Muir.
Helpers shove on the rear of an H-BARPAS1-23E detour train as they head out of Livingston.
A Spokane to Alliance stack train, with freight on the head end, exits the tunnel and splits the signals at Muir.
The 0625 Livingston Helpers shove a U-FYNPTL0-35T oil train out of town.
A combined 250 car E-RBCSCM empty coal "super train" meets an ethanol train at West End and proceeds east.
The rear of an ethanol train splits the searchlights at West Muir as they approach the tunnel.
A detouring Extra Fresno-Pasco manifest heads west through Reed Point.
An H-BARPAS detouring due to fires in NorCal heads through the interlocking at West Craver in the midst of a westbound parade.
On the morning of June 30, 2021, a westbound BNSF freight climbs the 2.2 percent grade up toward Mullan Pass at Austin, Montana. The head end is one curve away from the big horseshoe curve through... (more)
Montana Rail Links 'Day Gas' tears through Plains,MT under the searchlight cantilever signals.
