Livingston local backing into Livingston yard after working local lumber company.

A former Milwaukee Road café-parlor car sits landlocked on a ranch near Livingston. It had been used in maintenance-of-way service before being sold for private use.

Best known for their SD45s, MRL operated a number of SD45-2s including this former Clinchfield unit leading a helper set on the point of a BN train at West Livingston.

A 3-unit helper set with relatively new 4404 leads MRL's local 841 and its two GP35s back to Livingston.

Life on the MRL... Ever since BNSF leased the MRL SD45's, the crews have had a dislike for them. It is the warmest time of the year in Montana, and the 'ol SD45's don't have air conditionin... (more)

MRL 315, one of the few remaining SD45s meets the scrapper's torch at Livingston, MT. Many parts are being salvaged for remaining older EMD power.

Montana Rail Link SD45s 321, 315 and 323 reach the end of the line as they are scrapped at Livngston, MT in late May 2014.

After completing a power mod, which consisted of setting out two trailing SD45's in Livingston, the SPOLAU departs town under the definition of "Big Sky Country".

Westbound Kansas City - Spokane roars up the bottom of Bozeman Pass with a trio of SD45s.

Westbound Kansas City - Spokane roars up the bottom of Bozeman Pass with a trio of SD45s.

The "LM" crawls up Bozeman Pass in Run 8. MRL4403 is a 'new' heavy SD70ACE. The Heavy EMD is working hard for what it was made for, tackling Rocky Mountain Grades..... The Crazy Mountains provid... (more)

Five veteran EMD's with a heavy Spokane to Laurel manifest is easing down the Emerald Hills with its 1.80% grade of Bozeman Pass.

What's left of Montana Rail Link SD45-2 No. 301 is suspended slightly off of the ground while it is jostled into position by a contract scrapper for further incisions with a cutting torch. The wor... (more)

Three matching "Meatball" EMD's on the Livingston based "Helper 4" push hard against the DPU of another load of Centralia, WA bound black diamonds; battling the grueling 1.8% grade over the famous... (more)

A MRL helper set accelerates from Bozeman as it shoves a loaded grain train westward over the pass. The NP is still alive and well along the MRL, with searchlight signals, old depots, and railroa... (more)