A MRL helper shoves on a DPU of a loaded BNSF coal train across Bozeman Pass, seen here from the chain-up area of I-90. While it was springtime already at my Texas home, work's reason to bring me... (more)

One of MRL's Livingston assigned helpers prepares to cut off from the coal train it shoved over Bozeman Pass at Muir siding.

MRL 4306 leads a helper set downgrade and back to Livingston to get ready for the next shove up the hill.

A MRL helper set shoves a loaded coal drag over Bozeman Pass while an eastbound empty waits in the siding to proceed down the mountain to Livingston and beyond.

Montana Rail Link's Helper #1, based out of Livingston, pushes a heavy Westbound coal train up the 1.80% grade of Bozeman Pass and up the Bridger Mountain Range.

Crews are seen wrapping up one of their biweekly power-washing sessions on one of MRL's SD70ACe helper sets at the Helena Roundhouse. After 48 hours of hard runs up and over Mullan Pass, even thes... (more)

Montana Rail Link's ML (Missoula-Laurel) manifest freight showed up just a few minutes before sunrise on a beautiful day in Big Sky country. The intense morning light, which was made even more so ... (more)

The very first rays of sunlight glint off the flanks of a quartet of MRL's massive SD70ACes as they assist Prince Rupert-bound coal loads through the "loops" at Austin; shortly, the head end will ... (more)

The 4306 waits between shifts at Livingston for what looked like work on the electronics. Taken with permission from MRL.