48 years old and still earning a keep on the Montana Rail Link. Former NW1566 has spent most of its life conquering mountains on both sides of the continent. On this day the fine looking SD35 bri... (more)
A rare EMD SD35 brings its work train down Winston Hill. Built in 12/65 for the Norfolk & Western, this veteran of mountain grades battles on in the Rockies...
A local returns to Helena making good time as the sun sets on this day.....
Pushing up Winston Hill The power for Montana Rail Link’s 840 local out of Helena has the additional duty of helping out a struggling westbound BNSF coal train up Winston Hill west of... (more)
MRL's 840 Helena Local departs Townsend after switching several industries and meeting the westbound Q-DENTAC intermodal train. Power for today's local is made up of two MRL SD40-2XR's.
The returning Helena Local begins the westbound climb of Winston Hill after crossing the Missouri River just outside Townsend, Montana. This local works to Logan and then west up the 5th Sub to e... (more)
Classic EMD profile.
A westbound loaded coal train strains at the grade in the Canyon Ferry Lake valley. The train is accelerating from a meet in Townsend, and the sound reverberates off the Big Belt Mountains.
Modern railroading is great! Here's a KCS, a BNSF H2 and a BNSF H1 heading west with a grain train...on the MRL! The river being bridged is the Missouri, just a few miles from its headwaters.
