A pair of SD70ACe’s lead the eastbound gas local across the 10th sub.

A BNSF grain train curves by the townsite of Lombard, Montana, while heading eastward on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision. The train is tracing the Missouri River, and is passing the Milwa... (more)

MRL 262 leads the LAUBOZ on an August evening. Now nearing Big Timber they have a straight shot without opposing traffic until Livingston. Time will tell what happens to this local after BNSF take... (more)

The Copper City Local heads south from the MRL interchange in Garrison towards Butte.

A trio of BNSF GE’s lead an Eastbound freight through the Canyon at Lombard at sunset.

A blue MRL SD70ACe leads the Eastbound Missoula-Laurel way freight through Logan right at sunset.

A track inspection train passes in front of Calf Robe Mountain in Glacier National Park.

An eastbound grainer coming down out of the Rockies at East Glacier Park Village.

In a Montana snowfall, a BNSF coal train rolls westbound on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision main line at milepost 57 west of Trout Creek.

Number 500 is the only GP40 on the MRL roster and has lots of history as it was originally Western Pacific 3542, Union Pacific 690, then Chicago Missouri and Western 3025, then Wisconsin Central 3... (more)

At 9:10 p.m. on July 2, 2022, a BNSF unit oil train rolls through some dusky atmosphere in the Clark Fork River Valley between Heron and Noxon, Montana.

On the clear afternoon of July 7, 2022, a BNSF coal train heads west over Bridge 55 at Trout Creek, Montana, while making good time over Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision main line toward S... (more)

A work train comes to a brief halt as they use all of their track authority to the MP51.

Daytime work windows for Montana Rail Link track gangs have made Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, a busy place late in the afternoon, as trains waiting out the curfew begin to move. As a westb... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train climbing Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, is about to meet an eastbound BNSF freight at the siding of Austin very late in the afternoon of June 29, 2021. Both train... (more)