Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 390 leads MRL’s Laurel to Missoula freight past the grain elevators at Big Timber, Montana, on October 3, 2005.

Montana Rail Link F45 No. 390 leads LM at Greycliff, Montana, on the afternoon of October 3, 2005, amid stormy skies. The train will be treading through snow by the end of the day during a blue ho... (more)

At dusk during the “blue hour” just after an early season snowfall, Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 390 leads LM (Laurel to Missoula manifest freight) as it climbs the grade of Bozeman Pass at Muir,... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s MLAUMIS, also known as the LM, is heading through McQuarrie, Montana, on October 7, 2005. The westbound train operating from Laurel to Missoula is powered by MRL EMD F45 No. 39... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 390 leads LM (Laurel to Missoula manifest freight) approaching Greycliff, Montana, on the afternoon of October 3, 2005. The train will be treading through snow by the... (more)

Two fairly rare Electro-Motive Division locomotives sit together at Western Rail Incorporated’s locomotive facility at Airway Heights west of Spokane, Washington, on September 19, 2015. The unique... (more)

All three of Montana Rail Link’s EMD F45s (a fourth one, No. 392, was on affiliate I&M Rail Link at the time) power LM through Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, on the morning of October 15,... (more)

MRL F45 #390 departing Livingston, MT on the daily M-MISLAU, beginning the final leg of eastward travel towards Laurel, MT.

On a warm summer afternoon, MRL F45 #390 heads the daily MISLAU manifest on the final leg of eastward travel towards Laurel, MT along the Yellowstone River Valley east of Big Timber, MT.

All three of Montana Rail Link's F45s (390, 391 and 392; 393 was an IMRL unit at this point) are climbing Winston Hill approaching the top at Winston, Montana, with train LM on October 15, 2000. T... (more)

Blue cowls under a big sky
All three of Montana Rail Link's EMD F45s (390, 391 and 392; 393 was an IMRL unit at this point) are at Louisville, Montana, with train LM (Laurel to Missoula... (more)

Curving past Toston Dam
All three Montana Rail Link F45s power train LM (Laurel to Missoula manifest freight) by Toston Dam on the Missouri River as the train curves through Lombard Can... (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)

Montana Rail Link train LM (Laurel to Missoula freight) as the train exits Lombard Canyon just east of Toston, Montana, on October 15, 2000. All three of MRL's cowled F45s (390, 391 and 392; 393 w... (more)

MRL 390 . . . 391 . . . 392
All three of Montana Rail Link's F45s (393 was an IMRL unit at this point) are west of Louisville, Montana, with train LM (Laurel to Missoula manifest) on Oc... (more)