The 1500 Top Yard brings a cut towards CHS as they pull onto the ex-CBQ Casper Sub.

The 1500 Top Yard returns towards Laurel Yard with a big cut from CHS in the late evening.

An SD40 rebuild works the east end of Laurel Yard.

H-LAUPAS departs Laurel for Pasco as they pass a westbound coal train.

The 1500 Top Yard job makes a switch move at CHS in the late evening.

A set of local power awaits its next trip, likely to Billings or Bozeman.

MRL, BNSF, KCS and CSX power lay over in Laurel.

A colorful set of power awaits its next assignment at Laurel.

MRL 355 and two other EMD variants drag a H-SPOLAU into Laurel Yard on a beautiful Summer Montana morning!

The same locomotive number, two different railroads. BNSF 4695, and FXE 4695 cross paths at the Montana Rail Link Roundhouse in Laurel, MT. Taken with permission on MRL property.

Originally the unique visitors in the center caught the attention of my lens but some 20 plus years later it is the string of MRL SD9s and geeps on the left that draw my eyes. The relatively fresh... (more)

A nice clean ACe provides the DPU power on the rear of a westbound coal load as it departs Laurel, MT on a journey across the MRL. The track in the foreground is the BNSF line south to Wyoming and... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal train departs Laurel, Montana, at 5:45 p.m. on the eve of January 27, 2013. Snow has been falling for a while, blanketing the scene with cast that can only happen during win... (more)

Clear block into the blue
Passing one of Northern Pacific’s classic cantilevered searchlight signals at the east end of Laurel Yard on the evening of January 27, 2013, a departing BNS... (more)

Snow is falling at the east end of Montana Rail Link’s Laurel Yard as MRL SD40-2XR No. 259 is teamed up with Remote Control Caboose No. 1103 to switch cars. These RCC cars contain all of the equ... (more)