It’s getting toward the end of the day as Montana Rail Link’s 840 Local rolls along the Missouri River at Lombard. Classy and clean SD40-2XR’s (rebuilt SD40s) Nos. 252 and 253 power the loca... (more)

A BNSF grain train heads west through Lombard Canyon between Lombard and Toston, Montana, on September 11, 2011.

Montana Rail Link's ML (Missoula to Laurel) manifest freight curves eastbound through Lombard Canyon, Montana, on the afternoon of August 9, 1996, led by F45 No. 391.

Montana Rail Link's ML (Missoula-Laurel) manifest freight showed up just a few minutes before sunrise on a beautiful day in Big Sky country. The intense morning light, which was made even more so ... (more)

An eastbound BNSF freight twists around the curves west of Lombard, Montana, on September 15, 2012. Smoke from numerous western wildfires gives the scene a warm and hazy look, but it still can’t... (more)

Montana Rail Link train LM (Laurel to Missoula freight) snakes through Lombard Canyon on the afternoon of September 11, 1995. On the point is F45 No. 391 leading four more big EMDs along the calm ... (more)

Two Montana Rail Link SD40-2XRs (Nos. 252 and 253) power MRL’s Helena Local into Lombard, Montana, along the Missouri River on September 12, 2011.

Montana “Belle”
It’s just before sunset at 6:43 p.m. on September 11, 2011, at Lombard, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision as eastbound empty military train (U-F... (more)

A westbound BNSF wind turbine train is curving through Lombard Canyon west of Lombard, Montana, on September 9, 2011. A pair of turbine generators is loaded on each high-capacity, 8-axle, 70-foot ... (more)

Two SD40-2XR's lead the 840 local through Lombard Canyon after a receiving a fresh coating of powder.

It’s dawn on September 17, 2012, and the sun is barely penetrating the wildfire smoke-filled air at Lombard, Montana. Amid the ethereal light, swirling fog still rises from the placid surface of... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s train No. MLAUMIS (Laurel to Missoula manifest freight, also known as “LM”) traverses Lombard Canyon at Lombard, Montana, on September 22, 2009. Powering today’s freigh... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s train No. 840, the Helena Local, curves along the Missouri River and the heart of Lombard Canyon, Montana, on the morning of September 22, 2009. On the point is a matching pa... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Missoula to Laurel (ML) freight curves through Lombard Canyon, Montana, on a beautiful August 9, 1996. On the point is F45 No. 391, leading three other big blue EMDs.

Happy 25th Anniversary MRL! It's hard to believe, but MRL has been running trains in this territory for longer than Burlington Northern did, and in the not so distant future, MRL itself will have ... (more)