The MRL Laurel to Missoula manifest smoking through Bozeman Tunnel. This tunnel was built by the Northern Pacific back in the 1940’s. Shooting trains up Bozeman pass is always fun.

MRL 404 splitting a set of original Northern Pacific signals on the MRL 2nd Sub in the popular town of Bozeman, MT.

A pair of MRL consecutive numbered GP35’s lead the local back into Bozeman, MT after making a run East to Livingston to work an industry and grab some cars. They will return to their yard in dow... (more)

Heading into the sunset, the deep blue sure looks great when its clean.

As sunset makes its arrival, a quad set of consecutively numbered GP35's thunder into Bozeman in the company notch with plenty of tonnage from Logan. A pair of SD45's will arrive under darkness an... (more)

SD45 under a rainbow
On July 2, 2019, after a rainy crossing of Bozeman Pass, Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Bozeman local hits a pocket of late evening sunshine as it descends the west... (more)

Westbound BN intermodal train E Bozeman on MRL

On a gorgeous winter day, a rare GP35-SD45 combo haul a decent sized local over Bozeman Pass towards Logan. Here they have crested the top and are now ambling down the west slope.

A freezing cold day was supposed to be cloudy and gloomy, but as the Local departed the sun started poking out and the sun made its appearance! Rolling down the west slope of Bozeman pass, deep bl... (more)

With only 80 cylinders worth of flares left on the MRL, catching one is rare. Even rarer? Finding it paired with an ancient GP35. Seen here rolling into Bozeman on what was supposed to be a cloudy... (more)

A loaded westbound unit tank rolls through Muir on the main for a meet with an empty eastbound grainer. The DPU is pushing out of the siding in the background after the meet.

At sunrise a westbound loaded Coal Train slides down the west side of Bozeman near Bear Mountain Road.

Two GE's and a dead in tow GP39M fresh from rebuild are on the point of a BNSF manifest freight with Boeing Fuselages at the head of the train. The train is traveling over Montana Rail Link and ro... (more)

Having finished their work in Bozeman, the Livingston Local is blasting off back to their namesake in a classic Montana snow squall.

Strung out on the famed Bozeman Pass, the sound of 20 cylinders pounding up the mountain is truly something to behold. Rounding a curve in the middle of the hill, it will only be minutes before t... (more)