BNSF 5967 lead a pair of EMDSD70ACes on the point of an eastbound manifest freight on Montana Rail Link as it nears the top of Bozeman Hill. The train will soon descend into Livingston, MT and two... (more)

MRL 4404 and 4405 provide manned helper service to an eastbound manifest freight cresting Bozeman Hill and starting its descent into Livingston, MT. The original portal is above the 4405. The help... (more)

MRL local 841 eases into the siding at Bozeman to meet four BNSF trackage right westbounds. A bit of a time machine can be found here between the GP35s and the searchlight signal installations.

After chasing the LM up Bozeman Pass, we heard the dispatcher tell them they'd meet one at the top, then we heard the dispatcher tell the Laurel-Pasco train behind them they'd meet the train at Mu... (more)

BNSF's South Seattle-Chicago Z train heads east across MRL, in wonderful 5 degF temperatures. Quite the contrast to to the day where I had started in south Texas in the low 70's.

An eastbound consist of empties crests one of the many hogbacks of MRL's 2nd Subdivision on its way toward Bozeman.

Happy St. Patrick's Day from the state of Montana and the Burlington Northern Railroad! Seven Cascade Green EMDs lead a mixed freight through Trail Creek on Bozeman Pass the afternoon of May 25, 1... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2 No. 7919, GE B30-7AB No. 4020, and EMD GP9 No. 1729 pull eastbound tonnage up Bozeman Pass at Trail Creek, Montana on May 26, 1986.

The hottest train on the railroad. - You know it's hot when it's got foreign power (UP) on a foreign railroad (MRL) and only two cars behind. This was a "J" train special out of Fort Worth,... (more)

A fun mix of EMD and GE, four and six axle units pull a Burlington Northern mixed freight east out of Bozeman, Montana on May 25, 1986. The two girder bridges in the background once carried the ra... (more)

Seven Cascade Green Burlington Northern EMDs lead a mixed freight down Bozeman Pass on May 25, 1986. By the following year, this former Northern Pacific route will be run by the Montana Rail Link.

Battling Bozeman Pass: Under threatening storm skies, the Spokane to Laurel manifest with four SD45's and a SD45-2XR battle their way up Bozeman Pass.

The top of Bozeman Pass is near, and the downhill descent will begin shortly thereafter, but until then, 60 cylinders of ex-SP SD45 heaven scream uphill, making a mere 11mph, even with the assista... (more)

Roaring through the calm dusk air, a trio of SD45's hustle 7500 tons of manifest traffic into the siding at Bozeman to wait for their helper set. Lighting assistance by fellow RP contributor AB(2)... (more)

MRL GP35s 404 and 405 are seen leading the Livingston Local #841 west at West End having just crossed Bozeman Pass - 23/09/2014