Crossing a wood trestle, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local drops down the 2.2% mountain grade on MRL’s branch to Harrison, Montana, on June 22, 2015.

Usually operating only once a week to Harrison, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local grinds up the 2.2% mountain grade near milepost 6 on June 22, 2015. The 3-car local is powered by MRL GP35s Nos. 403... (more)

Passing a rustic ranch, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local climbs the 2.2% mountain grade on this branch to Harrison, Montana, between milepost 5 and 6 on the way up to the service the elevator locat... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local climbs the 2.2 percent mountain grade toward Harrison, Montana, over this scenic branch on the Sixth Subdivision. Usually operating only once a week to Harrison, th... (more)

Climbing into Harrison
Horses try to keep a driving rain out of their faces as Montana Rail Link’s 844 local climbs the 2.2 percent mountain grade into Harrison, Montana, over this sc... (more)

After delivering two covered hoppers and retrieving one from the grain elevator at Harrison, Montana, the branch line’s only customer, Montana Rail Links’s 844 local heads back to Sappington d... (more)

The steep grade of the branch up to Harrison is evident in the construction of this piling trestle a few miles north of town.

A lone GP35 climbs the Harrison Branch with 3 cars in tow.

MRL 403 is no stranger to mountain climbing. This is ex Rio Grande 3039. Today is just another day on a mountain as the venerable old Geep tackles the 2.2% grade climbing out of the Jefferson Ri... (more)

On May 17, 2013, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local reaches the end of the 9.5-mile branch at Harrison as two horses on the north side of town seem more interested in eating and what these photograph... (more)

An unique operation on Montana Rail Link’s 9.5-mile Harrison branch is that the local has to go through four cattle gates twice on each round trip. The train has to stop, with the crew unlocking... (more)

Climbing the 2.2 percent mountain grade on the Harrison branch, Montana Rail Link No. 403 emits a little smoke with three cars as it approaches milepost 6 north of Harrison, Montana, on May 17, 20... (more)

The conductor (or assistant engineer) of Montana Rail Link's Harrison Local opens a cattle gate across the tracks of MRL's 6th Subdivision Branch Line near Harrison. Since this is open range witho... (more)

The link that makes a train
The coupler of Montana Rail Link caboose No. 1004 rides over the roadbed on one of the many curves on the scenic 10-mile Sixth Subdivision, also known as the... (more)