The young and the old. Montana Rail Link 401 (GP35, built for Detroit Toledo & Ironton, 1/1964) and 4312 (SD70ACe, 2005) sit on the fuel pad in Missoula, MT on Saturday, July 15, 2017. A loaded co... (more)

The Webb Rail LLC - WEBX "Loch Ness" (WEBX 801046) slumbercoach in transit! July 15, 2017, this was one of three former Northern Pacific Railway cars that arrived in Missoula, MT at the ... (more)

Three flares on the gas
Montana Rail Link’s night gas local departs Missoula, Montana, on the afternoon of September 18, 2006. Three SD45s up front lead the train out onto the main, w... (more)

MRL 4408 leads the daily night gas train up Evaro Hill.

MRL 4406 and 4408 descend Evaro Hill on the outskirts of Missoula, MT with the morning gas train after making a turn from Missoula to East Thompson Falls. Most trains west of Missoula utilize BNSF... (more)

On a rainy spring day, Montana Rail Link’s Bitterroot local crosses the busy intersection of Brooks Street and Reserve Street (which is also U.S. Highways 93 and 12) on the Darby line at Missoul... (more)

It's a frigid winter day, with flurries falling around Mt. Sentinel, as BNSF 4299 and 6987 lead a long hopper train into the Missoula Yard. And I'm standing in snow up to my ankles. In work shoes.

At the end of a warm summer weekend, the westbound LM arrives in Missoula after its run from Laurel.

An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight passes through Montana Rail Link’s Missoula yard on July 3, 2001. The main part of the yard is behind the train, with the yard office and car sh... (more)

On an early autumn day in Montana with turbulent weather, Montana Rail Link’s day gas local led by EMD SD70ACe No. 4308 arrives at Missoula West on September 24, 2007.

Joe E79 eases out of Tunnel 16 nearing Missoula.

Station stop at Missoula for the Mainstreeter, Train No. 1.

Local move in West Missoula. On the evening of Saturday, 7/15/2017, Montana Rail Link 4406 (SD70ACe) heads west out of town. This pair of modern power is taking the afternoon "Gas Local"... (more)

Passing a trio of ES44's in the fueling rack, BNSF 5260 and 6935 chug into Missoula Yard, sprinkling corn kernels along the main. I chuckled as this train passed by, as some of the cars' roofs wer... (more)

The orange logo lives on, although most passers-by likely do not know what it represents. Between the Clark Fork River and the University of Montana, this is the former Milwaukee Road mainline in ... (more)