Busy times at Logan! MRL's 844 local is shoving into the yard off of the 5th Sub, G COKVAW9 12's train is just clearing and R JIMBO2 16 is getting ready to depart for a load of ballast at Pipeston... (more)

Jimbo #2 shoves out of Austin to pick up scrap ties on Mullan Pass.

Jimbo #2 heads up the hill at Austin with a tie cleanup train.

MRL SD40-2XR 264 heads into the clear at Austin with a short scrap tie pickup train.

A pair of MRL SD40-2XRs await an assignment at Laurel, MT.

Anyone who has spent any time in cold weather knows that when a train is kicking up snow like that on a calm day... it's cold. Although not rare by any means, 6 axles on the Logan Local are certai... (more)

Equipped for remote control duty at MRL's Laurel Yard, MRL SD40-2XR 258 waits for an assignment.

MRL SD40-2XR 254 idles between remote control duties at the east end of the yard in Laurel, MT.

Back in March 2017, a pair of Montana Rail Link locomotives were sent east from Montana to pay back some horsepower hours to the BNSF. On their way back west from Minneapolis, they were put at the... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD SD40-2XR No. 264 and EMD GP9 No. 109 power a short MRL Helena local out of Townsend, Montana, on the afternoon of September 30, 2022.

MRL 263 and company fly west with the short LAUBOZ on the drawbars while a severe storm in Eastern Montana builds in the distance.

Montana Rail Link’s Logan local curves into the truss bridge crossing the Madison River approaching Three Forks, Montana, on September 28, 2022. It is closing in on milepost 5 on MRL’s Fifth S... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD SD40-2XR (a rebuilt SD40) No. 264 and EMD GP9 No. 109 pull eight cars up Winston Hill out of Townsend, Montana, on the afternoon of September 29, 2022.

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local scurries up Winston Hill west of Townsend, Montana, passing the Silos community and recreational area alongshore Canyon Ferry Lake on the afternoon of September ... (more)

The MRL Logan Local barrels towards Three Forks passing an old NP crossbuck.