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)

BN 6805 leads two more SD40-2s and an F45 around the bend east of Livingston on a beautiful July morning. Next stop Laurel. BN would own this route for three more years, and the F45 would be gone ... (more)

A BNSF DPU trails on an empty hopper train as it transits MRL back to BNSF rails at Laurel and on to the Powder River Basin for another load of coal. This view from the east side of Livingston se... (more)

MRL 4315 and two blue friends shove a BNSF loaded grain train as they start over Bozeman Pass.

MRL 4301 starts shoving on a westbound coal train over Bozeman Pass as it departs Livingston. The thermostat on the car read -1 degF on that afternoon, quite a contrast from the 71 degF Texas I h... (more)

MRL 4306 leads a helper set downgrade and back to Livingston to get ready for the next shove up the hill.

Montana Rail Link's Helper #1, based out of Livingston, pushes a heavy Westbound coal train up the 1.80% grade of Bozeman Pass and up the Bridger Mountain Range.

Montana Rail Link SD45 No. 328 (rebuilt and now labeled an SD45-2) gets some routine maintenance in the shop at Livingston, Montana, on May 7, 2012.

Montana Rail Link EMD GP9 No. 123 and SD45 (rebuilt and labeled an SD45-2) No. 315 are inside the backshop of MRL’s Livingston Shops on May 7, 2012. Both locomotives are stored long-term and hav... (more)

Even though Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe is just seven years old in this image, it is having its prime mover changed out with a new one from Electro-Motive Diesel. A new 4,300 horsepower EMD 16-7... (more)

In fresh paint, Montana Rail Link SD45 (Rebuilt by MRL and now labeled a SD45-2M) No. 355 sits in the locomotive backshop at Livingston, Montana, on May 7, 2012. Two tracks over, EMD SD70ACe No. 4... (more)

A group of Montana Rail Link locomotives are in various states of repair, being stripped for parts, or being stored in the railroad’s Livingston Shops on May 7, 2012. Up front is former Clinchfi... (more)

One-hundred cylinders
Within the fury of swirling exhaust and sand, five Montana Rail Link EMD SD45s shove hard on a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train climbing Bozeman P... (more)

A four unit set of helpers is stopped at the top of Bozeman Pass after helping a westbound up the grade as a thunderstorm approaches.

This GE puts on a nice smoke show as it departs Livingston for the assault on Bozeman Pass.