Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest begins its journey over Mullan Pass with the “Thank You Veterans” Heritage Motor on the point as a thunder storm passes over the mountains of ... (more)

MRL's Helena local accelerates towards the yard in East Helena after making it's pick-up off the Montana City branch on the return trip from Townsend.

The ML departs Missoula heading east, parallelling I90 and crossing the Clark Fork River

A Montana Rail Link helper crew gets ready for a trip over Bozeman Pass in Livingston, Montana, cutting their power into the middle of BNSF loaded coal C SXMRBG1 88F and pulling forward towards th... (more)

MRL's Helena local accelerates westbound from it's work at Townsend, MT as it crosses the Missouri River. On this day it would be a "hurry up and wait" as the local would meet 2 EB's an... (more)

The "Day Gas" crosses the Flat Head river near Perma, MT on it's return run to Missoula.

Night gas heads into Plains along the beautiful Clark Fork.

Night gas heads west along the flathead river along the 10th Sub. 2 days previous we were here and got absolutely nailed by a cloud. This day however we got lucky. I've been envisioning this shot ... (more)

With night gas getting in later than usual, day gas used some power sitting in Missoula, one of the units happened to be the 4404, the Essential Workers wrapped unit. Here the train is heading bac... (more)

The night gas flies west through Plains under the classic NP cantilevers.

After a 10 mph slow order for several miles, the train is finally back up to speed as they head west through Perma. Not visible in the photo is a MOW truck following on the tail of this train.

After picking up a helper set in Livingston, MRL's Laurel to Bozeman manifest throws everything it has at the eastern slope of Bozeman Pass. This train is best to shoot around the summer solstice ... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Logan Local works the Talc Mill in Three Forks with Hollowtop Mountain in the background.

The "Day Gas" cruises along the Flathead River near Perma, MT

The "Day Gas" approaches Plains, MT along the banks of the Clark Fork river in western Montana.