Montana Rail Link’s local out of Livingston heads up the short spur to R-Y Timber Inc. with four wood chip cars for the mill on September 25, 2007. This spur is the only surviving piece of railroa... (more)

A handsome pair of Montana Rail Link GP35s wait to go on duty at Logan, MT. The 403 dates back to December 1964 when it was built as Rio Grande no. 3039. The 402 was built in January 1964 as Detro... (more)

Powered by EMD GP35 No. 403, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local switches the Imerys Talc plant at Three Forks, Montana, on May 16, 2013.

Usually running in pairs, GP35's are very rare to see east of Livingston, so seeing a quad set running on the main is basically unheard of. What amounts to the MRL's entire road fleet of GP35's (4... (more)

Montana Rail Link GP35 Nos. 403 and 402 with five covered hoppers drops down the 2.2 percent mountain grade on the Harrison branch at milepost 6 north of Harrison, Montana, on July 2, 2019. This 9... (more)

MRL's 844 local out of Logan, MT works a customer just out of the yard on the 5th Sub with a pair of GP35s on a bitterly cold March day.

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.

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)

After retrieving a covered hopper from the grain elevator at Harrison, Montana—the branch line’s only customer—Montana Rail Links’s 844 local heads back to Sappington descending on a 2.2 percent m... (more)

A Komatsu front-end loader is loaded on Montana Rail Link flatcar No. 100203 in the yard at Logan, Montana, on October 17, 2018. In the background, MRL GP35 Nos. 403 and 402 wait to go to work on ... (more)

It’s the beginning of summer on June 22, 2015, as Montana Rail Link’s 844 local brings three covered hoppers upgrade to the Harrison Elevator Company at the end of the Sixth Subdivision at Harriso... (more)

After exchanging cars at the talc plant, the local makes its way down the jointed rail of the MRL 5th sub.

With a puff of smoke, the local train departs Logan headed for the Talc plant at Three Forks.

Railroading in Big Sky Country: The Montana Rail Link 844 local begins its work early on a late summer day. Today's train is pulled by a GP35 and a GP9. This truly is "Big Sky Country&... (more)