Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 392 faces brand new EMD SD70ACe No. 4300 at the railroad’s locomotive facility at Helena, Montana, on October 8, 2005. MRL No. 4300 is only a month old, and F45 No.... (more)
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)
MRL 404 leads the Bozeman Local east towards the summit. The local will stop for a westbound to pass at Muir before it continues to Livingston.
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.
A Montana Rail Link empty ballast train heads upgrade to the loader at Spire Rock at Pipestone, Montana, on October 3, 2022. This train is operating on a portion of the old Northern Pacific main l... (more)
Mixed train on the Harrison branch (sort of)Montana Rail Link’s 844 local out of Logan, Montana, is slowly working upgrade on the Harrison branch on October 4, 2022. Besides the two c... (more)
MRL 404 leads the Bozeman Local east into the 1945 approach to the tunnel at Muir. The local will be heading down the remnants of the NP Branch to Gardiner to switch a lumber facility.
96 cylinders of EMD 710 power thunder up Mullan Pass with the Laurel-Missoula.
Montana Rail Link’s 844 local, led by MRL GP35 Nos. 403 and 401, works upgrade past milepost 5 on the branch to Harrison, Montana, on October 4, 2022. The local has two cars for the grain elevat... (more)
Ascending out of Austin Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest freight, historically and commonly called the “LM,” climbs the 2.2 percent grade up the eastern slope of Mu... (more)
MRL 4407 leads the LAUMIS Westbound under Blue Skies on August 19th, 2022.
MRL 262 leads the LAUBOZ up Bozeman Pass on a warm August Evening.
The steam era cantilever at West Tuscor indicates a westbound is lined through on a cool Summer evening.
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)
