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)

Local with a rare flare grinding up the east slope of Bozeman Pass..

Although the MRL was the "it" railroad between 2014-2016, you'd be hard pressed to find many pictures of the 45 fleet during the winter. The fresh blue definitely had a different look to... (more)

Not many people thought we'd see flares back on the mountain in 2019... Still retaining their 20 cylinder 645's, an SD45 leads an equally scarce GP35 as they start up the east slope of Bozeman Pas... (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)

Leading BNSF’s HKCKSPO freight are Montana Rail Link EMD SD45s Nos. 355 and 326 (MRL labels the rebuilt locomotives SD45-2s) crossing a bridge at Tuscor, Montana, on September 26, 2014.

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)

Adorned in MRL's new paint scheme in 2013 and promptly stored in 2014 (AFAIK) with an uncertain fate, the #355 is back from dead, seen here leading the first SD45 powered train on the MRL in just... (more)

Although updates have made the billowing clouds of smoke a thing of the past, an SD45 bursts out of the tunnel with plenty of gusto behind it! The first MRL train to feature an SD45 as a leader in... (more)

Working west across Marent Trestle east of Evaro, Montana, on the evening of September 18, 2006, is Montana Rail Link’s night gas local. Three SD45s, Nos. 355, 314 and 346 lead the train up the ... (more)

BNSF HKCKSPO powered by only a pair of Montana Rail Link SD45s (Nos. 355 and 326) heads west between Noxon and Heron, Montana, on September 26, 2014. Earlier that morning, a traction motor fire on... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD SD45s Nos. 355 and 326 (MRL labels the locomotives SD45-2s) lead a BNSF HKCKSPO freight westbound at Tuscor, Montana, on September 26, 2014.

Two SD45's and two BNSF motors keep the Spokane-Laurel moving East along the Clark Fork River on an unseasonably cold Fall afternoon.

In fresh paint, Montana Rail Link SD45 (Rebuilt by MRL and now labeled a SD45-2M) No. 355 sits in the locomotive backshop at Livingston, Montana, on May 7, 2012. Two tracks over, EMD SD70ACe No. 4... (more)

MRL has built a unique but very railroady control cab for its transfer table at the Livingston backshop.