A 5-pack of Montana Rail Link SD45s shake the ground as they push a BNSF coal train up Bozeman Pass west of Livingston, Montana, in July 2001.

On Mother's Day 2010, Montana Rail Link's night Gas Local heads west in DeSmet, Montana. DeSmet is where the 10th Subdivision up Evaro Hill breaks off of the 4th Subdivision. Typically, the Gas Lo... (more)

A pair of Montana Rail Link GP35s heads off of the main line in Livingston, Montana, and on the old branch which once went to Gardiner and the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park. The two ... (more)

Montana Rail Link Engineer Ralph Mackey takes MRL's Gas Local up the 10th Subdivision west of Missoula near Nagos. The train is down to 6.2 miles per hour, and will stall in just a few minutes. Th... (more)

A short Montana Rail Link Gas Local rounds a curve along the Clark Fork River as it heads west towards Pipeline (Thompson Falls). At Pipeline, the crew will switch out the loads, and take a cut of... (more)

Montana Rail Link Livingston shop workers pause as a crane lifts a cooling fan from SD45 no. 346. The workers replaced the faulty fan quickly, and the 346 was out of the shop just a couple of hour... (more)

A "train" of Montana Rail Link track machinery, moves to get in the clear for MRL's Paradise Local which is waiting in the distance. The local is finishing switching chores at a lumber mill just w... (more)

Three contract workers from a mobile wash service make quick work of a dirty Montana Rail Link SD70ACe. Montana Rail Link would use these contractors often to clean the soot and dirt that the help... (more)

After running around its train in town, Montana Rail Link's Paradise Local heads west at St. Regis, Montana. The two horses pay no attention to the local even though it has two slick former Northe... (more)

Montana Rail Link F45 no. 390 leads the westbound LM (Laurel-Missoula freight) at Rock Creek (east of Clinton), Montana. I'm glad I was able to photograph this train as it was the last time I shot... (more)

Various Montana Rail Link locomotives occupy the tracks in the railroad's Livingston, Montana, shop building. The locomotives are in the shop for storage, cannibalization, or repair. Besides the S... (more)

A former Santa Fe GP30u leads a "Boeing Special" through Jens, Montana, on Montana Rail Link's 3rd Subdivision. The train has three parts cars, and four Boeing 737 fuselages.

A four-unit set of Montana Rail Link SD70ACe helpers emerges from Mullan Tunnel with a thick cloud of exhaust following close behind. This illustrates why the SD70ACes would get so filthy, so quic... (more)

A contract worker gives a Montana Rail Link SD70ACe a bath in Helena, Montana. The contractors were used frequently to high-pressure wash, and scrub down MRL's helper locomotives stationed in Hele... (more)

After a hard push up Mullan Pass, A helper set with four SD70ACe's and a tag-along SD45 roll light down the grade at Austin Montana. Before the rehabilitation of Mullan Tunnel, the helper locomoti... (more)