Montana Rail Link’s Helena switch has almost reached the top of Winston Hill at Winston, Montana, as its returns back to Helena on June 30, 2017. Led by freshly-repainted EMD SD40-2XR (rebuilt SD4... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena switch arrives at Townsend, Montana, passing the searchlight signals at the west end of the siding there on July 5, 2018, Veteran GP9 No. 109 and SD40-2XR No. 262 lead a... (more)

Westbound just east of Clinton, MT.

The Montana Rail Link's night gas local with its famous white tank cars follow the Clark Fork River west of Plains, Montana, on MRL's 4th Subdivision. The cars are destended for Thompson Falls whe... (more)

On the head end of Montana Rail Link's M-LAULAU train is the 346, one of their last SD45s with a true 20-cylinder engine inside. Here at Muir, Montana, the 346 and an SD40-2 sister are dragging th... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local rumbles through Lombard Canyon west of Lambard, Montana, with seven cars for Helena yard late in the afternoon of June 29, 2016.

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local crosses the Clark Fork at Paradise heading eastbound to switch Tricon Timber in St. Regis on the morning of February 23, 2015. After idle time sitting in front o... (more)

Sand and exhaust spews from the GP9s powering the Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local as it backs its train out onto the Fourth Subdivision main line at Woodlin east of Thompson Falls, Montana, aft... (more)

The crew has arrived as the power for Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local waits across the main line from the Paradise depot on the morning of September 22, 2006. After a little more paperwork, and... (more)

Montana Rail Link built a short section of track on old Milwaukee Road branch line right-of-way at Bonner, Montana, to help facilitate cleanup of the Milltown Dam site in 2009. Years of mining act... (more)

Heading into the sunset, the deep blue sure looks great when its clean.

The rear end of a westbound Burlington Northern grain train is about to exit the big Iron Ridge Cut between Austin and Weed, Montana, while climbing Montana Rail Link’s main line over Mullan Pass ... (more)

The imposing mountains in the background definitely make this a wedge on steroids! 6800 ft of train trail behind the ex C&NW and N&W motors as they still have a long climb ahead of them.

The young and the old. Montana Rail Link 401 (GP35, built for Detroit Toledo & Ironton, 1/1964) and 4312 (SD70ACe, 2005) sit on the fuel pad in Missoula, MT on Saturday, July 15, 2017. A loaded co... (more)

Thundering through Tobin
A Montana Rail Link rear helper set of three SD40s mated with another SD45-2 shoves hard into the rear of the westbound BNSF coal train thundering through Tobin... (more)