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)

KCS 4020 is on the point of this westbound freight at Livingston, MT getting rear end helpers for the trip over Bozeman Pass.

Here's a look at the inside of the cab and controls of Montana Rail Link F45 no. 392. When this photo was taken just a few weeks ago, the F45s future was uncertain. Since then, the locomotive was ... (more)

Dynamic brakes howl out of five veteran EMD's which have a heavy Spokane to Laurel manifest on the drawbars, easing down the emerald hills and 1.80% grade of Bozeman Pass.

MRL F45 #390 departing Livingston, MT on the daily M-MISLAU, beginning the final leg of eastward travel towards Laurel, MT.

While heading back west, I caught this set of helpers descending back towards Livingston.

Montana Rail Link EMD SD45 No. 356 (a rebuilt SD45 now labeled a SD45-2XR) and GP9 No. 130 sit inside MRL's large shop in Livingston, Montana, on May 7, 2012. No 356, a former Frisco locomotive, w... (more)