Engineer Greg Weirich displays an "ear to ear grin" as the MRL OCS flashes through Carkeek Park shortly before sunset.

Stranger in a strange land: An MRL Officer Car Special cruises along Puget Sound at Carkeek Park near Blue Ridge, WA, running from New Westminster, BC to Missoula, MT via Seattle and Stampe... (more)

Stranger in a strange land: An MRL Officer Car Special cruises along Bellingham Bay south of Fairhaven, WA, running from New Westminster, BC to Missoula, MT via Seattle and Stampede Pass. ... (more)

This is a VERY RARE scene. An MRL business train rolls along the Puget Sound coastline. This train originated out of New Westminster BC and is headed back to Montana. Here it is seen at Milepost 1... (more)

MRL 4312 and a boxcar head back to Missoula yard after some photo taking in front of the MRL headquarters.

Montana Rail Link’s westbound gas local approaches the junction with the Fourth Subdivision at Paradise, Montana, on the afternoon of May 8, 2012. Leading the train is EMD SD70ACe No. 4312 in MR... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s night gas local switches tank cars at Pipeline (Thompson Falls), Montana, late in the afternoon of May 5, 2012. After a mostly cloudy and occasionally rainy day, the sun fina... (more)

The meandering river railroad on the west end of the MRL is in stark contrast of the mountainous central portion of the MRL. Each part of the spectacular MRL seems to compliment the other. Here... (more)

MRL's Day Gas returns to Missoula via the 10th Subdivision.

Trotting East along the Clark Fork River and the 4th Sub, MRL 4312 East has 21 gasoline empties and 9 diesel fuel empties at track speed on a cold Winter morning.

Trotting East along the Clark Fork River and the 4th Sub, MRL 4312 East has 21 gasoline empties and 9 diesel fuel empties at track speed on a cold Winter morning.

The MRL "Day Gas" rocks and rolls on the stick rail of the 10th Sub behind a repainted SD70ACe.

Montana Rail Link’s night gas local approaches Thompson Falls, Montana, near the old station location of Woodlin on the afternoon of May 8, 2012. This portion of MRL’s Fourth Subdivision close... (more)

Meet at Arlee
The Montana Rail Link’s night gas is westbound and in the hole for a meet with an eastbound BNSF grain train at Arlee, Montana, on May 8, 2012. This scenic location is o... (more)

In a view from the cab of Montana Rail Link SD70ACe No. 4312, the night gas local of September 21, 2006 cruises up MRL’s scenic Tenth Subdivision. Only a small bit of glow from a western sky is ... (more)