Montana Rail Link’s 844 local trundles upgrade on the branch to Harrison, Montana, on October 4, 2022. On the rear of the train is weatherbeaten Northern Pacific observation car No. 391 that is ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local, led by MRL GP35 Nos. 403 and 401, works upgrade past milepost 5 on the branch to Harrison, Montana, on October 4, 2022. The local has two cars for the grain elevat... (more)

MRL 403 is bringing the Local down to Harrison.

The MRL Logan Local curves along the Harrison Branch through the fields outside of Harrison.

The MRL Logan Local makes its once a week run on the Harrison Branch to Harrison.

MRL 403 creeps around the corner pulling 6 MRL 3 Bay hoppers bound for Harrison.

Passing an old Montana homestead and ranch, Montana Rail Link GP35 Nos. 403 and 402 with five covered hoppers, drops down the 2.2 percent mountain grade on the Harrison branch north of Harrison on... (more)

Pastureland along Montana Rail Link’s Harrison branch is verdant green on June 22, 2015, as MRL’s 844 local brings three covered hoppers upgrade to the Harrison Elevator Company at the end of ... (more)

I think all of us at some point ask ourselves if what we are doing is worth it. In my case, driving for hours in awful road conditions for a long hood forward geep? After Montana was slammed with ... (more)

After switching the grain elevator in Harrison, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local rolls downgrade on the Harrison Branch on June 27, 2016. The 9.5-mile branch out of Sappington, Montana, on MRL’s ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s local out of Logan switches the grain elevator at Harrison, Montana, after a trip up the Harrison Branch out of Sappington on September 10, 2011.

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local crosses a trestle on the steep 2.2% mountain grade on the Harrison Branch just below milepost 6 after departing Harrison, Montana, on June 27, 2016. The local, powe... (more)

The pastureland around Harrison, Montana, is still spring green on June 22, 2015. Montana Rail Link’s 844 local, powered by GP35 Nos. 403 and 406, brings 3 covered hoppers up the 2.2 percent gra... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s local to Harrison, Montana, heads down the 2.2% grade of the branch with six cars from the Harrison grain elevator on the afternoon of September 10, 2011. The local works out... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s local out of Logan hauls one car up to the grain elevator on the 2.2% grade mountain grade of the Harrison Branch approaching milepost 6 on September 10, 2011.