Montana Rail Link’s 840 local departs Trident, Montana, on September 21, 2008. In the background on the other side of the Missouri River is the empty, abandoned grade of Milwaukee Road’s Pacif... (more)

For a few days the usual SD70 pair for the gas local was broken up as #4408 was taken offline and replaced with #253, an SD40. This was a rare opportunity to see a conventional cab leader back on ... (more)

For a few days the usual SD70 pair for the gas local was broken up as #4408 was taken offline and replaced with #253, an SD40. This was a rare opportunity to see a conventional cab leader back on ... (more)

On the afternoon of July 7, 2021, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local heads upgrade on Winston Hill at milepost 215 east of Winston, Montana, on MRL’s Second Subdivision main line.

Skirting along the banks of the Yellowstone River, this switch job has just returned from the furthest point east MRL crews operate trains, the Coors elevator in Huntley, MT. Seen returning to Bil... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 840 local departs Logan, Montana, for a trip to Three Forks and Sappington on MRL’s Fifth Subdivision on September 12, 2011. The train is powered by a matching pair of SD40... (more)

Passing milepost 171 and the cement plant at Trident, Montana, is Montana Rail Link’s Helena local on October 1, 2013. A matching pair of EMD SD40s (MRL labels the rebuilt locomotives as SD40-2X... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local heads eastbound through Lombard Canyon west of Lombard, Montana, on September 21, 2009. Powering the 840 is the usual pair of SD40-2XRs (rebuilt EMD SD40s)—Nos... (more)

MRL 253 leading the late afternoon 840 local out of Helena, MT southbound "eastbound" over Winston Hill.

Montana Rail Link train No. 840, the Helena local, curves through Trident, Montana, westbound along the Missouri River. A matching pair of EMD SD40s (MRL labels the rebuilt locomotives as SD40-2XR... (more)

An extra Day Gas trots along on the jointed rail of the MRL's 10th Subdivision.

Montana Rail Link’s 840 local arrives at Sappington, Montana, on September 12, 2011. Two rebuilt SD40s that MRL classifies as SD40-2XRs power the train which is traveling along the abandoned Mil... (more)

An extra Day Gas local returns East with a short train of empty tanks, skirting the Clark Fork River.

Montana Rail Link’s Helena Local approaches the Madison River Bridge at Three Forks, Montana, on September 12, 2011. The local will work the talc plants at Three Forks and Sappington before head... (more)