Although not as scenic as the 10th, 4th or even 3rd Sub, the MRL's 2nd Sub still has plenty to offer and contrary to belief is not flat or straight. Seen here curving through the classic eastern M... (more)

Consecutively numbered elephant style 40's dig in as they slide through the bluffs near Columbus. Certainly a nice sight considering all 4 new ACe's are on property at this point.

Passing a field of early summer flowers, a BNSF grain train crosses the Missouri River and continues west toward Winston Hill at Townsend, Montana, on the afternoon of July 1, 2018.

Refection on Autumn
A westbound BNSF freight crosses the Clark Fork west of Noxon on a gorgeous Autumn afternoon in Montana on October 13, 2018.

Crossing the Clark Fork River at Clark Fork, ID.

Fog is quickly lifting as an eastbound BNSF manifest freight speeds through Belknap, Montana, on the morning of October 14, 2018. Trailing the two road locomotives is Montana Rail Link No. 4319 he... (more)

Two Montana Rail Link SD40-2XRs lead an eastbound, probably MRL’s Missoula to Laurel freight, approaching the west switch at Quebec, Montana, on October 17, 2018. Snow already cloaks the Crazy M... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s gas train passes through the west switch at Paradise, Montana, and takes the siding for a pick up in the yard on October 14, 2018. The classy Northern Pacific-era cantilever ... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 391 leads ML (Missoula to Laurel manifest freight) over the Clark Fork bridge at Bonner, Montana, on September 2, 2003.

In a brilliant sunrise on July 7, 2018, a westbound BNSF grain train slowly grinds up Winston Hill approaching milepost 214 east of the top of the grade at Winston, Montana.

MRL 4403, MRL 4402 on the L-M nearly through passing (off in the far distance) the site of a 40+ loaded coal car derailment just west of Columbus, MT along the Yellowstone River

MRL 4311, MRL 4404 on the "M-L" snaking around the west bends of Lombard Canyon. Just a few miles down stream from the Missouri River headwaters.

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest freight passes by the abandoned right-of-way and bridge over the Missouri River of Milwaukee Road’s Pacific Extension main line at the townsite ... (more)

An eastbound BNSF unit oil train empties rips through the small town of Toston, Montana, framed by the old highway bridge over the Missouri River on June 29, 2018. This bridge was opened in 1920, ... (more)