MRL SD70ACe 4304 hustles the M LAULAU1 06 west on the 2nd Sub between Quebec and Greycliff.

MRL 4304, 262 and 255 have 51 cars of mixed freight well under control, cruising through Quebec, MT.

M LAULAU1 06 departs the west end of Reed Point with 51 cars for Bozeman in tow.

MRL SD70ACe 4304 departs the west end of Craver with 51 cars for Bozeman in tow.

MRL's Laurel-Bozeman turn is just west of Columbus, MT. MRL SD70ACe 4304 has a healthy 51 car train in tow.

A westbound BNSF manifest freight passes through the large, colorful cut through Iron Ridge between Austin and Weed on Montana Rail Link’s climb over Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, on July... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2 No. 7042 leads an eastbound BNSF priority freight through the mile 37.7 semaphores at Belknap, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision on September 10, ... (more)

Following the Missouri River into Clarkston, Montana, is an eastbound BNSF loaded coal train on October 2, 2022. Several days earlier this coal train was westbound on Montana Rail Link headed for ... (more)

A Montana Rail Link ballast train needing to make a pick up on the adjoining yard track waits for MRL’s 844 local to finish some switching and get in the clear at Logan, Montana, on the morning ... (more)

BNSF 3815 has their train well under control on Mullan Pass with a heavy manifest train in tow.

The chase is on! Chasing MRL's morning Gas Train through Plains, Montana as my friend records the Track Warrant Clearance on his phone.

Led by a pair of GE C44-9Ws, a westbound BNSF oil train lays down its reflection in Frog Pond west of Trout Creek, Montana, on the stormy-looking afternoon of October 13, 2017.

"We're in the endgame now." Those famous words, uttered by Dr. Strange in Marvel's Avengers Infinity War, have now become true for the big blue western railroad. Today, the railroad offi... (more)

At Spire Rock, Montana, under an angry sky is a Montana Rail Link ballast train approaching the loader on October 3, 2022. A pair of MRL’s EMD SD70ACes power the train that is running on this po... (more)

Heading downhill at a good clip is Montana Rail Link’s Helena local bound for the lime plant at Townsend, Montana, on the afternoon of July 7, 2022. MRL EMDs Nos. 109 and 355 have the local past... (more)