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.

Two "H3" ES44's are on the headend of a heavy Kalama, WA bound soybean train that has just cut in a set of MRL's helpers; a SD70ACe/SD40-2XR/SD70ACe. Moments later, the train would stall, and a se... (more)

Horizon is NOT unlevel! MRL's R-MRL8411-11 aka the Livingston Local is having no issue making track speed with 3 cars in tow starting up the 1.8% Bozeman Pass grade. For the sake of a pleasant r... (more)

Another BNSF load of coal headed to the Pacific Northwest is ascending the east slope of Bozeman Pass on Montana Rail Link with a 3 unit manned helper powered by SD70ace/SD40-2/SD70ace shoving on ... (more)

Descending the Bozeman Pass grade an eastbound BNSF stack train is about 5 miles out of Livingston, MT on a late summer day under threatening skies.

MRL has built a unique but very railroady control cab for its transfer table at the Livingston backshop.

A westbound BNSF grain train assaults Bozeman Pass west of Livingston, Mt. Sep25-2010

MRL SW1200 14 was in the middle of repairs and some rebuilding when work shutdown almost over night on many of MRL's locomotives. No. 14 stands cold in the back lot of the Livingston shops on Sep2... (more)

A pair of Montana Rail Link GP35's power a local on the wye track with the old Northern Pacific Yellowstone Branch, now an MRL industrial track, in Livingston.

Montana Rail Link’s westbound Laurel-Missoula road freight (LM) begins its assault on Bozeman Pass with eight SD45s and SD45-2s just west of Livingston, Montana, on September 23, 2002. A set of ... (more)