Montana Rail Link train No. 840, the Helena local, curves through Trident, Montana, westbound along the Missouri River. A matching pair of EMD SD40s (MRL labels the rebuilt locomotives as SD40-2XR... (more)

Picture yourself here; birds are singing below, fish are jumping in the Missouri, and the ever so faint sound of two EMD 645's rumbling Eastbound with the Helena to Logan local echo through the ca... (more)

Sprinting eastbound with Montana Rail Link’s day gas local, EMD SD40-2XR (SD40 rebuilt by Livingston Shops) No. 256 heads for Missoula between Dixon and Ravalli, Montana, on September 28, 2013.

Just moments before the sun slipped behind the mountains at 2107hrs, MRL's night gas local rolls along the Flathead River just went of Dixon, MT with a four pack of SD40-2s.

Some subtle autumn color is seen along the Flathead River along Montana Rail Link’s Tenth Subdivision as the Day Gas Local traverses some curvy rails east of Perma, Montana, on the afternoon of ... (more)

Struggling up the 2.2% grade of Evaro Hill, three generations of EMD's battle gravity, curvature and tonnage with a handful of extra cars for Paradise ahead of the typical gasoline, diesel and jet... (more)

Built in 1971 for the Burlington Northern, the MRL 256 enters the 305-foot long Tunnel #5.5 on MRL's 4th Subdivision between Alberton and Cyr; with the daily "Night Gas" local in tow.

Montana Rail Link’s Gas Local crosses one of the interesting steel bridges over the Clark Fork River.

With cars and GP9's for Monday's Paradise Local in tow, two immaculate EMD's lead a lengthy Night Gas under the Northern Pacific era signal bridges. The train will soon hang a right, and with a tr... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local passes the tranquil waters of the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon approaching Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 15, 2014. A matching pair of rebuilt SD... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local meets an eastbound BNSF freight while cresting Winston Hill at Winston, Montana, on the afternoon of May 23, 2011.

One of MRL's finest work is the Gas local between Missoula and Thompson Falls. Here three of MRL's SD40-2XR (units 251, 254 and 256) are hauling the evening westbound train to Thompson Falls up on... (more)

Catching the sweet light from the quickly setting sun, three SD40-types hustle a heavy Night Gas out of Missoula.

An extra Day Gas trots along on the jointed rail of the MRL's 10th Subdivision.

Led by EMD SD40-2XR No. 261, Montana Rail Link's day gas local travels along the Clark Fork west of Plains at Weeksville, Montana, on May 6, 2012.