A loaded BNSF grain train is about to knock down the signal at the east end of Livingston on MRL's 2nd Sub. They'll get an MRL helper set attached to the rear before tackling Bozeman Pass.

After shoving BNSF coal train C BAMSPB0 78 over Bozeman Pass, Livingston based "Helper #1" floats back into town for the shops.

Montana Rail Link's daily LM (Laurel-Missoula) manifest freight negotiates a gentle S curve along the Yellowstone River east of Livingston, MT on a crisp wintry morning. Temperatures in single dig... (more)

Five Montana Rail Link SD45s grind upgrade pushing hard on the rear of a loaded BNSF coal train going west over Bozeman Pass west of Livingston, Montana. Traction sand swirls around the trucks as ... (more)

On a most fitting rainy May 24, 2011, Montana Rail Link gathers 17 retired locomotives at Livingston, Montana, to run as a a special “funeral train” to a scrapper on the west coast. A lot of p... (more)

In most apropos weather, a Montana Rail Link “funeral train” of 17 retired and soon-to-be-scrapped locomotives prepares to leave Livingston, Montana, on May 24, 2011. The group of EMDs, mostly... (more)

The transfer table in the back of the Livingston shops sits idle on a bitterly cold March day.

A variety of MRL power congregates in Livingston, including a number of SD45s that are no longer on the roster in 2015.

Cab of the transfer table at MRL's Livingston Shops from an old EMD GP20

On July 15th, 1806, part of the Lewis and Clark expedition led by Sacajawea traveled along an old buffalo trail through this pass of the Gallatin Range, a spur of the Rockies. In the mid 1860’s... (more)

The impressive Absaroka Mountains stand tall over MRL's Laurel to Missoula manifest, which is clawing its way up the 1.8% grade of Bozeman Pass with a trio of SD70ACe's leading the charge.

What's left of Montana Rail Link SD45-2 No. 301 is lifted off of its front truck for the last time. The contract worker is cutting the last appendage (a speed recorder cable) before the crane lift... (more)

Electrician Ben Hampson rewires the control stand of former Wisconsin Central No. 3025. The GP40 was acquired by MRL when CEECO (Coast Engine and Equipment Co.) closed in 2009. It sat indoors in L... (more)

An MRL helper set shoves yet another mixed freight train over Bozeman Pass.