Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe locomotives used in helper service over Mullan Pass accumulated a ton of grime and soot working through confining Mullan Tunnel under the Continental Divide. MRL wash... (more)

Filthy!
A Montana Rail Link helper set led by brand-new EMD SD70ACe No. 4305 coasts through Austin, Montana, heading eastbound back to Helena after helping a train up Mullan Pass. The s... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena switch zips over Winston Hill between Louisville and Winston, Montana, on the morning of June 30, 2017. The short two-car local is headed for the lime plant at Townsend ... (more)

From an October 2005 visit to Montana three SD35s lead the Day Gas east at Perma. I was probably here to see 4449 but picked up this train as a very nice bonus. The backlighting worked well on th... (more)

Running about 5 minutes ahead of the storm, the night gas clicks along headed towards work at TRL.

Montana Rail Link’s gas local crosses the Thompson River east of Thompson Falls, Montana, and is heading down the Fourth Subdivision along the Clark Fork to Paradise on October 14, 2018.

Just short of their destination of Pipeline in Thompson Falls, the Night Gas does a little work at Thompson River Lumber. Seen here coming out of the industry.

MRL 402 and 403 are parked at Logan< MT in between local duties. An end loader occupies the deck of an MRL flat car, making an interesting load for those with modeling interests.

MRL 4406 and 4408 descend Evaro Hill on the outskirts of Missoula, MT with the morning gas train after making a turn from Missoula to East Thompson Falls. Most trains west of Missoula utilize BNSF... (more)

Burlington Northern train 123 climbs the steep grade of Mullan Pass with all-Montana Rail Link power as it works through the curves above Austin, Montana, on August 28, 1993. Up front, MRL SD45 No... (more)

On a rainy spring day, Montana Rail Link’s Bitterroot local crosses the busy intersection of Brooks Street and Reserve Street (which is also U.S. Highways 93 and 12) on the Darby line at Missoula,... (more)

MRL SD40 no. 251 and mate work a freight east having just left Big Timber, MT. The train is occupying Northern Pacific's former mainline along the Yellowstone River with the Crazy Mountains provid... (more)

Soaring above I-90, the 841 Local is heading to Manhattan to start the days chores.

Passing milepost 6, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local climbs up the 2.2% grade of the Harrison Branch on May 17, 2013. Today’s train is three cars powered by MRL GP35 No. 406.

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local has made a trip of the Harrison Branch and is switching the elevator there as seen looking out a nearby abandoned house in Harrison, Montana, on May 17, 2013. The doo... (more)