Livingston Helper #3 heads west to tack onto the tailend of a loaded coal train.

A pair of Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACes—Nos. 4403 and 4402—power westbound MRL MLAUMIS as it curves around a bend on the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon west of Lombard, Montana, on June 22,... (more)

A trio of EMD's operating in the Montana Rail Link's Livingston helper pool have tied on to the rear of an eastbound manifest freight and are beginning the shove out of Bozeman, Montana as the eve... (more)

Helpers drift downgrade back to Livingston in the late evening.

A helper returns to Livingston after assisting a coal train upgrade. SDP40 290 is in the middle.

The 2nd most photographed barn in Montana. This shot of the MRL's Missoula to Laurel (ML) with 4403 and 4313 turned our to be our last shot of the trip before heading back to the airport.

MRL 4403, MRL 4402 on the L-M nearly through passing (off in the far distance) the site of a 40+ loaded coal car derailment just west of Columbus, MT along the Yellowstone River

Montana Rail Link’s westbound manifest freight train MLAUMIS crawls along the Missouri River through Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, on June 25, 2015.

Two shiny MRL SD70ACes, on the point of an eastbound Missoula-Laurel manifest freight, wait for a new crew in the siding at Elliston on a sunny October afternoon.

The first of two mountain grades has been conquered for this Laurel to Missoula manifest freight as it eases out of the tunnel on the top of Bozeman Pass.

Autumn color abounds along Montana’s Gallatin River as Montana Rail Link’s MMISLAU (Missoula to Laurel manifest) freight approaches Logan on September 27, 2014.

Sprinting along U.S. Highway 287 south of Townsend, Montana, is eastbound Montana Rail Link MMISLAU (Missoula to Laurel manifest) powered by brutish EMD SD70ACes Nos. 4403 and 4402 on a very rainy... (more)

The famous Montana Rail Link gas train now usually contains lumber cars ever since the Paradise local was abolished. The local out of Paradise use to handle these duties but a slow down in the lum... (more)