Montana Rail Link's Day Gas Local seen hugging the north bank of the Flathead River as it rolls eastbound on the return leg of it's daily trip between Missoula and Thompson Falls, MT.

MRL's Helper 1 with MRL SD70ACes 4312, 4314, and 4315 are cut in to the Centralia Coal loads climbing Bozeman Pass westward out of Livingston, MT.

MRL Helpers (MRL SD70ACe 4303; SD40-2XRs 264, 262; SD45-2s 331, & 330) seen here on a five unit helper set hanging onto the middle of a loaded 15,000 ton coal train as it eases down the west side... (more)

A waxing-gibbous moon rises behind MRL's L-M manifest in the pre-evening light as it starts the hard grind up Bozeman Pass west of Livingston, MT.

As seen from the Klondike Highway (98), looking across the rugged canyon as the third of three near daily White Pass & Yukon passenger runs eases down the steep grades along the Sawtooth Range bet... (more)

Westbound down the Cajon Sub, BNSF 7715 leading the M-BARLAC1-14A as it begins to lean into Sullivan's Curve.

Montana Rail Link's Laurel to Missoula manifest with MRL 4302, 325, and a five pack of SD70ACe helpers on the rear climbing the grade westward out of Helena, Montana between Birdseye and Austin.

Montana Rial Link's "Helper 2" with a trio of SD70ACes enters the old weather worn portal of Mullan Tunnel at Blossburg, MT, beginning the descent eastward down the Continental Divide back to Hele... (more)

Twin SD70ACe (4-pack) helper sets stand ready on the roundhouse tracks at MRL's Helena Yard. Dark skies to the east and wet ground are all that is left of a brief deluge that hit just minutes earl... (more)

At the bottom of the hill with pushing duties over for the moment, the crew aboard an an assisting helper set (MRL 215) prepares to cut off the rear of their westbound and assist the M-L (waiting ... (more)

BNSF motive power at rest in and adjacent to BNSF's Commerce Diesel Service facility in the City of Commerce, CA.

Motive power at rest, deep in the bowels of BNSF's Commerce Diesel Service on one of those perfectly dreary Southern California "June-Gloom" mornings.

Five MRL SD70ACes screaming away on a helper set cut 66 cars into the middle of a 113 car loaded BNSF grain train. Seen here working it's way around the horseshoe curve at Austin, MT, the train is... (more)

Montana Rail Link SD70ACe helper set shoving hard on the rear of a westbound BNSF Grain train approaching Bozeman Pass near Muir about 7 miles west of Livingston, MT.

UP 5429 splitting the signals at the east end of Hiland Siding on UP's Mojave Sub. The 8859 ft. snow covered Cucamonga Peak is in the distance.