Evening in the mountains can be so cool. The sun has set on the day as westbound trains wait at Helena to head west towards Missoula. The LM is one of those trains, but wouldn't leave for another ... (more)

Helena's Helper #2 crew gets ready to head west to assist the LM over Mullan Pass.

MRL GP9R 109 heads back out to the main after lifting a gondola from a scrap yard in Helena.

The 840 local power has just tied down at the house tracks in Helena joining a few helper units.

MRL's Helena "Helper #2" departs home base heading west to give the LM a shove over Mullan Pass.

MRL SD45 355 leads the 840 local back towards the mainline after working the Montana City branch.

Laurel-Pasco manifest is staged in the yard at Helena.

BNSF 3882 leads an empty grain train into a very smoky Helena for a crew change.

Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 392 faces brand new EMD SD70ACe No. 4300 at the railroad’s locomotive facility at Helena, Montana, on October 8, 2005. MRL No. 4300 is only a month old, and F45 No.... (more)

Three BNSF Dash-9s lead a westbound loaded coal train up the beginning of the climb towards Mullan Pass with downtown Helena in the background. A four pack of MRL SD70ACes acting as mid-train help... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD GP35 No. 405 is at Helena, Montana, on September 2, 2003. This former Rio Grande EMD GP35 came to the MRL in this quasi-Missouri Pacific paint scheme of previous owner Omnitr... (more)

The sun has just broken through the clouds as Montana Rail Link's Helena Local returns to Helena, Montana, rolling past overhead BNSF trains staged for the journey west over Mullan Pass. The local... (more)

MRL's Laurel-Missoula heads up the grade just outside of Helena. This train overnighted in town after arriving late at night and finally got a crew the next day, after getting helpers added onto t... (more)

The MRL Helena Local heads west on the Montana City Branch.

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest begins its journey over Mullan Pass with the “Thank You Veterans” Heritage Motor on the point as a thunder storm passes over the mountains of ... (more)