On Mother's Day 2010, Montana Rail Link's night Gas Local heads west in DeSmet, Montana. DeSmet is where the 10th Subdivision up Evaro Hill breaks off of the 4th Subdivision. Typically, the Gas Lo... (more)
Montana Rail Link's Gas Local heads west near Donlan, Montana (just west of Toole), in the late afternoon. Donlan sits on MRL's 4th Subdivision between St. Regis, and Paradise. Typically, MRL's Ga... (more)
MRL 4308 leads the empty gas train back to Missoula through the wilds of Montana near Perma.
Rolling through the wilds of Montana, the Day Gas train rolls east at MP 54 on the MRL 10th Sub,
The Night Gas Train is returning east through Arlee, Montana on a beautiful summer morning.
Late afternoon finds the night gas local heading out of Missoula for Thompson Falls. In the consist are two GP9s bound for Paradise.
To accommodate some work on the railroad, the Day Gas and Night Gas schedules were altered for a few weeks which placed the Night Gas in locations along its route hours earlier than typical. Here... (more)
Montana Rail Link's "Day Gas" winds along the Flathead River at daybreak.
The night gas local departs Missoula for Thompson Falls with the power for the Paradise local in the consist after the labor day weekend.
Light is slowly fading as MRL's Night Gas local rolls through Arlee with the mountains providing an impressive backdrop.
A silhouette at dawn. The "Day Gas" grinds up Evaro Hill in the pre-dawn darkness. True to form, there is an exhaust trail from the SD45, but nothing from the SD70ACe.
The Night Gas rolls past a patch of wild flowers and fields of golden grasses as the evening light fades.
In waning light, MRL 4308 leads the Night Gas past a local ranch near Ravalli, MT.
Morning mists off the Flathead River drift through the swaying grasses, impartial to the passing of Montana Rail Link's "Day Gas."
