MRL 405 leads the Bozeman local up the west side of it namesake pass with cars destined for Livingston.

MRL 4400 helps a loaded coal train down the westside of Bozeman Pass

I would say that the wildfire smoke was bad that season, but it was my first visit. For years I had wanted to photograph the MRL in "Big Sky Country" and now that I had finally made it h... (more)

Local returning from Livingston.

Well now. So, here, a helper set is actually headed east on the rear of the SPOLAU from Logan back to Livingston with, of all things, a GP9 added. It evidently died on the 844 local and was repl... (more)

An empty "super" grain works upgrade towards Bozeman Pass. The train passes thru Bozeman proper after sunrise. The train passes the abandoned NP built 1891 depot. In the later 1920s the... (more)

A loaded coal train from Roundup, MT, (Signal Peak Energy Mine) has heavy dynamics pouring out into the cool weather as the train drops down off Bozeman Pass. The train passes the east end of Boze... (more)

The Montana Rail Link's 841 Bozeman Local has come into town to work the Ag Depot's grain elevator near downtown Bozeman, Montana. A pair of GP35's are on the pull back towards the yard with two M... (more)

The "ML" gets a shove over Bozeman Pass courtesy of Livingston's Helper #1 crew.

Livingston's Helper #1 shoves hard on the tailend of MRL's ML manifest train just east of Bozeman, MT.

After getting a set of Helpers on the tailend at Bozeman, the ML gets a run at Bozeman Pass.

Helper #1 arrives at Bozeman and will get on the tailend of the ML to give them an assist over Bozeman Pass.

The ML cools its heels in the siding at Bozeman waiting for a helper set to come over Bozeman Pass to give them a shove.

We've all been there. You hike up to a spot, sometimes in snow up to your waist and check the angles with your camera. ERROR NO CARD. So you run back to the vehicle, thanking the lord you have bac... (more)

The winter in Montana is good for two things; eradicating mosquitoes and keeping visitors away. The summer saw unprecedented hordes of people visit the MRL, with almost every blue movement covered... (more)