Just before sunset on October 7, 2020, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local accelerates out of Townsend, Montana, after meeting an eastbound BNSF train there, and storms over the Missouri River bound ... (more)

A pair of Montana Rail Link's nicely painted EMD SD70 ACEs is seen leading the Night Gas Local at West Plains. The gas local runs twice a day round trip from Missoula to Thompson Falls and back. L... (more)

A pair of Montana Rail Link's nicely painted EMD SD70 ACEs is seen leading the Night Gas Local near Plains. The gas local runs twice a day round trip from Missoula to Thompson Falls and back. Load... (more)

A pair of Montana Rail Link's nicely painted EMD SD70 ACEs is seen leading the Night Gas Local near Perma. The gas local runs twice a day round trip from Missoula to Thompson Falls and back. Loads... (more)

A pair of Montana Rail Link's nicely painted EMD SD70 ACEs is seen leading the Night Gas Local near Dixon. The gas local runs twice a day round trip from Missoula to Thompson Falls and back. Loads... (more)

A pair of Montana Rail Link's nicely painted EMD SD70 ACEs is seen leading the Night Gas Local North of Arlee, Montana. The weather was straight up wild. We drove through snow squalls, rain, and b... (more)

The Montana Rail Link Day Gas Local is seen headed East at Dixon, Montana on the return trip to Missoula from Thompson Falls. Smoke can be seen in the background from the one hundred acre wildfire... (more)

With the sun dropping fast, it lights up the normally yellow fields on the foothills of the mountains. An SD45 led train charges into the coming darkness as they begin their assault on Bozeman Pas... (more)

The Montana Rail Link Day Gas Local is seen headed East at Dixon, Montana on the return trip to Missoula from Thompson Falls.

The Montana Rail Link Day Gas Local is seen headed East at Perma, Montana on the return trip to Missoula from Thompson Falls. The weather rapidly changed multiple times on this chase allowing for ... (more)

The Montana Rail Link Day Gas Local is seen headed East at Perma, Montana on the return trip to Missoula from Thompson Falls. The weather rapidly changed multiple times on this chase allowing for ... (more)

The Montana Rail Link Night Gas Local is seen headed West through Lothrop along the Fourth Subdivision. Typically the gas will take the Tenth Sub on its run to Thompson Falls but a hundred-acre wi... (more)

The Montana Rail Link Night Gas Local is seen headed West through Lothrop along the Fourth Subdivision. Typically the gas will take the Tenth Sub on its run to Thompson Falls but a hundred-acre wi... (more)

The Montana Rail Link Night Gas Local is seen in Huson. A forest fire on the 10th Subdivision had the train routed along the Clark Fork River and the 4th Sub.

The Montana Rail Link Night Gas Local is seen departing Missoula. A forest fire on the 10th Subdivision had the train routed along the Clark Fork River and the 4th Sub.