An eastbound BNSF coal empty runs along the siding at Trout Creek, Montana, and passes the wye and spur that once served a lumber facility on February 12, 2024.

An eastbound empty unit oil train runs along the Cabinet Gorge Reservoir west of Noxon, MT. Running on the MRL, this line will be going back to BNSF in just under 4 months when the lease is termin... (more)

The helpers return after pushing up a loaded grain train and a loaded coal C-SCMRBC0-45F holds the main next to them at Austin,Mt

MRL 4402 leading BNSF L-MON8091-16A along the flathead river at Knowles,MT

MRL 4403 and 4402 leading the night gas running as BNSF L-MON8211-15A at Tarkio,Mt

Led by Montana Rail Link GP9 No. 111, MRL’s Paradise Local, chants through the former Northern Pacific semaphores at mile 207.3 at Donlan, Montana, on October 6, 2005. These blades were the last... (more)

The skeleton of an old, fallen tree descends into an icy Clark Fork on February 9, 2024, and is passed by a westbound BNSF grain train crossing Bridge 62 over the inlet of Swamp Creek at Tuscor, M... (more)

Heat haze from the dynamic brakes of the two lead units fills the air as a loaded BNSF coal train rolls through the s-curve outside Bozeman, Montana and nears the end of its descent from the Bozem... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local switches Thompson River Lumber Lead at Woodlin east of Thompson Falls, Montana, on a cold, crisp February 7, 2014. Recently-repainted EMD GP9 No. 127 leads the... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train arcs along the riverbank of the Clark Fork between Thompson Falls and Eddy, Montana, on September 19, 2012.

An MRL Whitehall Extra crew has a train of stored coal hoppers and intermodal well cars in tow as they cruise through the Yellowstone River valley outside of Carney, Montana. The pair of SD70ACe's... (more)

An eastbound BNSF grain train follows the Clark Fork to Trout Creek, Montana, on February 8, 2024. Trailing lead motor BNSF GE ES44AC No. 5796 is Ferromex EMD SD70ACe No. 4053, adding some color t... (more)

On a wintery morning in the Clark Fork River Valley, a westbound BNSF freight crosses Bridge 57 spanning the Clark Fork just west of Trout Creek, Montana, on February 9, 2024.

BNSF GE ET44AC No. 3672 leads an eastbound BNSF grain train through Trout Creek, Montana, on February 11, 2024. This former Montana Rail Link main line is now BNSF’s MRL Subdivision of its Monta... (more)

The backshop at Montana Rail Link’s Livingston Shop was well equipped to handle any major repair or rebuild of a locomotive for the railroad. On May 7, 2012, an assortment of blue EMDs has work ... (more)