Skirting the Clark Fork River, a trio of MRL SD45's hustle a Westbound manifest into Lothrop - where they'll wait for a few hours due to MOW ahead finishing up the final touches on the Rivulet der... (more)

A hair over 7100 tons was too much for three SD45's, so the crew added an unmanned helper set to the headend for dynamic brake effort down the 2.2% Mullan Pass, seen here with its' train strung ou... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Gas Local crosses one of the interesting steel bridges over the Clark Fork River.

MRL 351 and 382 lead a Laurel, MT to Spokane, WA ribbon rail train.

MRL 351 and 382 lead a Laurel, MT to Spokane, WA ribbon rail train after the sun has gone down over Trout Creek Montana.

Laurel-Missoula freight snakes its way through Lombard Canyon and along the Missouri River on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision.

An eastbound mixed freight grinds upgrade along the Eagle River between Minturn and Red Cliff.

Coal train snakes its way towards Denver

After a quiet morning on the Moffat Sub, an eastbound coal train skirts the Colorado River, passing through Tunnel 40 in this rugged stretch of railroad.

45 miles thru the Animas Canyon.... Dwarfed by the towering cliffs above, Train 461 - "The Silverton" winds her way along the Rio de las Animas Perdidas, just south of the Needlet... (more)

A coal train loaded west of Steamboat Springs on the Craig Branch rolls through Byers Canyon alongside beside the Colorado River as it approaches Hot Sulfur Springs on its eastward journey.

Airplanes afloat... for now! In just a few hundred miles, these airplanes will making national news, byswimming in the Clark Fork River as a result of a Montana Rail Link derailment. more)

Three big jacks glide West along the Missouri River, deep within the walls of the incredibly scenic Lombard Canyon.

What a view these visitors from C&NW are observing — on the D&RGW as the train heads to Moffat Tunnel to go under the Continental Divide in the background. In the tunnel they will be at 9,237-f... (more)

A regal-looking Chicago & North Western executive train proceeded eastbound through Byers Canyon, Colo. on the D&RGW on Aug. 7, 1986. Now everything is U.P., except the full-length dome. It went... (more)