Climbing the grade over the wide open spaces of Winston Hill in Montana is Montana Rail Link’s westbound Laurel to Missoula freight powered by a pair of EMD SD70ACes. Big Sky Country indeed.

MRL 4404 has the ML train in tow at Columbus, MT in early morning winter daylight. The Missoula-Laurel manifest will tuck into the siding here and wait its turn to enter Laurel Yard near Billings ... (more)

Manned helpers are in dynamic braking as an eastbound freight finishes its descent into Livingston, MT down Bozeman Hill. The train will soon stop and the helpers will drop off before the train ro... (more)

MRL 4404 and 4405 provide manned helper service to an eastbound manifest freight cresting Bozeman Hill and starting its descent into Livingston, MT. The original portal is above the 4405. The help... (more)

An MRL helper set used to shove trains over Bozeman Pass coasts down on of the yard tracks at Livingston heading down to the east end to wait for its next assignment. The large shops can be seen i... (more)

Livingston Helper #2 floats back into the yard at Livingston and will await their next assignment.

Livingston Helper crew #2 heads into the west end of the yard at Livingston and will wait for their next train to shove over Bozeman Pass.

Livingston, MT based "Helper #2" nudges out the east end of the yard at Livingston to get onto the rear of a heavy grain train and shove them over Bozeman pass.

On July 15th, 1806, part of the Lewis and Clark expedition led by Sacajawea traveled along an old buffalo trail through this pass of the Gallatin Range, a spur of the Rockies. In the mid 1860’s... (more)

An MRL helper set shoves yet another mixed freight train over Bozeman Pass.

A 3-unit helper set with relatively new 4404 leads MRL's local 841 and its two GP35s back to Livingston.

Two big EMD's and a SD40-2XR hustle a dozen ballast loads out of Manhattan on a hazy day, windy, and warm Summer afternoon.