Thunder claps in the distance from a storm that just slammed Noxon with heavy rain while an eastbound “super train” rolls towards Missoula.

The steam era cantilever at West Tuscor indicates a westbound is lined through on a cool Summer evening.

MRL 263 and company fly west with the short LAUBOZ on the drawbars while a severe storm in Eastern Montana builds in the distance.

Dwarfed by Montana’s Big Sky Country is an eastbound BNSF stack train descending Winston Hill on the afternoon of September 28, 2022. Powered by two pairs of locomotives, leading and as a rear D... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Logan local curves into the truss bridge crossing the Madison River approaching Three Forks, Montana, on September 28, 2022. It is closing in on milepost 5 on MRL’s Fifth S... (more)

Morning in Elliston, MT, on the west side of Mullan Pass, finds the 686 East taking siding. Behind the Dash 9 are a Santa FE GP60, MRL 348 (an ex NW SD45) and an SD40-2 in Heritage I colors. Speak... (more)

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Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest freight curves through the west end of Elton siding east of Livingston, Montana, on the afternoon of July 9, 2022. The trai... (more)

An eastbound BNSF loaded coal train rumbles along the Missouri River approaching Clarkston, Montana, on October 2, 2022, led by BNSF EMD SD70MAC No. 9702, a former BN locomotive, along with BNSF H... (more)

Burlington Northern’s local to Kalispell is about to cross the Pioneer Road grade crossing as it departs La Salle, Montana, on a snowy November 1, 1991. This branch runs from Columbia Falls to K... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD SD40-2XR (a rebuilt SD40) No. 264 and EMD GP9 No. 109 pull eight cars up Winston Hill out of Townsend, Montana, on the afternoon of September 29, 2022.

A westbound Montana Rail Link ballast train departs the yard at Logan, Montana, on October 3, 2022, while MRL’s 844 Logan local waits for the train to clear in the background before it can conti... (more)

With the calm Flathead River acting as a mirror on a beautiful fall afternoon, MRL's Gas Local cruises through this scene on it's way to Missoula.

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local scurries up Winston Hill west of Townsend, Montana, passing the Silos community and recreational area alongshore Canyon Ferry Lake on the afternoon of September ... (more)

Under a threatening sky, a Montana Rail Link ballast train approaches the loader at Spire Rock, Montana, on October 3, 2022. A pair of MRL’s EMD SD70ACes power the train that is running on a por... (more)

MRL 4406 leads the night gas local towards Thompson Falls on the 10th Subdivision.