Montana Rail Link’s gas local flies though the snow at Dixon, Montana, on a cold February 9, 2014. On the lead is MRL’s only EMD SDP40, No. 290.

Montana Rail Link’s gas local heads eastbound west of Weeksville, Montana, on May 10, 2010. Lead locomotive MRL No. 332 has an interesting history to be told. It began life as Erie Lackawanna EM... (more)

On the pretty spring day of May 10, 2010, Montana Rail Link’s day gas local is eastbound west of Perma, Montana, along the Flathead River. Leading the train is MRL EMD SD45-2 No. 332, a former E... (more)

Storm light at Pipeline
Montana Rail Link’s night gas local switches tank cars at Thompson Falls (Pipeline), Montana, late in the afternoon of May 5, 2012. After a mostly cloudy and r... (more)

Led by EMD SD40-2XR No. 261, Montana Rail Link's day gas local travels along the Clark Fork west of Plains at Weeksville, Montana, on May 6, 2012.

West of Perma, Montana, on May 21, 2011, Montana Rail Link’s gas local skirts the Flathead River on the scenic Tenth Subdivision. Leading the eastbound train is EMD SD45 (rebuilt by MRL and labe... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s gas local blows snow onto a frozen Flathead River just east of Paradise, Montana, on February 9, 2014. Leading the train through the frigid landscape is MRL No. 290, former G... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Gas Local storms eastbound through Weeksville, Montana, on February 9, 2014, with three vintage EMDs powering the 30-car train. Lead locomotive is MRL 290, a former Great Nor... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Gas Local creates its own snowstorm as it thunders eastbound through Weeksville, Montana, on February 9, 2014. Heading up the 30-car local this cold day is venerable SDP40 (r... (more)

On the afternoon of May 8, 2012, Montana Rail Link's night gas Local is approaching Paradise, Montana, on MRL’s Tenth Subdivision.

Montana Rail Link’s gas local is westbound along a frozen Clark Fork approaching Thompson Falls, Montana, on a cold January 24, 2013. A rebuilt SD45 that MRL labels an SD45-2, No. 318 leads a ne... (more)

Montana Rail Link SD40 No 261 (MRL calls it an SD40-2XR) is on the point of the Day Gas Local returning to Missoula flying through Eddy, Montana, on May 6, 2012. It doesn’t say “Montana” any... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s westbound gas local approaches the junction with the Fourth Subdivision at Paradise, Montana, on the afternoon of May 8, 2012. Leading the train is EMD SD70ACe No. 4312 in MR... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s night gas local switches tank cars at Pipeline (Thompson Falls), Montana, late in the afternoon of May 5, 2012. After a mostly cloudy and occasionally rainy day, the sun fina... (more)

On September 23, 2009, Montana Rail link’s gas train crosses the Clark Fork and heads east on the Fourth Subdivision at Paradise, Montana.