MRL's Night Gas local skirts the Flathead River near Perma, Montana.

From high atop Evaro Hill off Buffalo Speedway Road a Night Gas Local climbs the loops on a beautiful Spring evening making it's way west towards Thompson Falls.

MRL's Night gas has just left the yard in Missoula and will shortly take the 10th sub toward Evaro passing a NP era signal mast.

MRL's Night gas local heads to Thompson Falls near Plains skirting the Clark Fork River.

MRL's Night gas local passes under County Rd 382 near Perma.

MRL's Night gas local passes a classic 10th sub scene near Perma skirting the Flathead River.

MRL's Gas local passes through the Clark Fork Valley at Eddy, as spectacular storm light graces the area.

MRL's Gas local climbs the 2.2% grade out of Missoula traversing the last of the several horseshoe curves on Evaro Hill.

MRL's Gas local passes through storm light at Eddy, Montana AKA God's country.

MRL's Night Gas, westbound, is shown at Arlee, Montana, behind two SD-70ACes, and the two GP-9s. The latter two are being returned to Paradise, Montana, for weekday work on the local based there.

MRL 254 leads the night gas through Lotharp.

The night gas local works up Evaro Hill west of De Smet at dusk. The SDP40 and geeps will be set out at Paradise for local service.

The MRL's Night Gas Local arrives at Thompson Falls, MT to bridge the gap in the Phillips 66 pipeline between Missoula and Thompson Falls, MT.

On the evening of Sept. 10, 2011, Montana Rail Link SD45-2 382 leads the twice daily gas local west near Nagos, Mont., one of the toughest stretches of Evaro Hill on the 10th sub.

With a consist only Montana Rail Link could create, MRL SD40-2 261 leads an SD70ACe and two GP9s on the Night Gas up Evaro Hill on the evening of July 10, 2011. The train has just reached the summ... (more)