MRL SD70ACe 4304 hustles the M LAULAU1 06 west on the 2nd Sub between Quebec and Greycliff.

MRL 4304, 262 and 255 have 51 cars of mixed freight well under control, cruising through Quebec, MT.

M LAULAU1 06 departs the west end of Reed Point with 51 cars for Bozeman in tow.

MRL SD70ACe 4304 departs the west end of Craver with 51 cars for Bozeman in tow.

MRL's Laurel-Bozeman turn is just west of Columbus, MT. MRL SD70ACe 4304 has a healthy 51 car train in tow.

A Montana Rail Link ballast train needing to make a pick up on the adjoining yard track waits for MRL’s 844 local to finish some switching and get in the clear at Logan, Montana, on the morning ... (more)

The chase is on! Chasing MRL's morning Gas Train through Plains, Montana as my friend records the Track Warrant Clearance on his phone.

"We're in the endgame now." Those famous words, uttered by Dr. Strange in Marvel's Avengers Infinity War, have now become true for the big blue western railroad. Today, the railroad offi... (more)

At Spire Rock, Montana, under an angry sky is a Montana Rail Link ballast train approaching the loader on October 3, 2022. A pair of MRL’s EMD SD70ACes power the train that is running on this po... (more)

Heading downhill at a good clip is Montana Rail Link’s Helena local bound for the lime plant at Townsend, Montana, on the afternoon of July 7, 2022. MRL EMDs Nos. 109 and 355 have the local past... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 390 and SD19-1 No. 651 sit inside the diesel house at the railroad’s locomotive shop complex at Livingston, Montana, on October 11, 2005. No. 651 is a rebuilt SD9, ... (more)

Montana Rail Links day gas local runs alongside the Flathead River at Perma on its way back to Missoula

An empty Montana Rail Link ballast train departs Logan, Montana, on the railroad’s Fifth Subdivision on October 3, 2022. In the background, MRL’s 844 Logan local waits for the train to clear b... (more)

MRL LAUBOZ is heading West towards Bozeman after passing through the town of Columbus.

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest freight, called the LM, crosses the Blackfoot River at Bonner, Montana, on October 7, 2005. Three MRL EMDs power the train—F45 No. 390, SD40 No.... (more)