An MRL Whitehall Extra crew has a train of stored coal hoppers and intermodal well cars in tow as they approach Logan, Montana where they will get on the 2nd Subdivision from the 5th Subdivision t... (more)
The MRL LM curving alongside the Little Blackfoot River with what was once the usual power of a duo of 70aces. Both of these SD70Aces are from Australia.
A duo of MRL meatball SD70Aces leading MLAUMIS over the famous "Skyline Trestle" just West of Helena. Both of these Aces were second hand pickups from BHP in Australia.
A Laurel to Missoula freight train making its way up and out of Helena as they begin their ascent of Mullan Pass.
A quartet of Montana Rail Link SD70ACe helpers return from Elliston, MT to Helena after moving a westbound unit grain train over Mullan Pass (cut-in mid-train). Herds of cattle are not an uncommon... (more)
On the afternoon of July 7, 2023, Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe Nos. 4318 and 4404 pull a Helena to Bozeman turn westbound past the old Milwaukee Road bridge spanning the Missouri River at Lombard... (more)
A Montana Rail Link helper set arrives at Helena Yard on July 1, 2020. Quite a few blue MRL locomotives are present—three helper sets, the Helena local power and MRL’s Laurel to Missoula freig... (more)
The morning sun shines on a pair of Montana Rail Link SD70ACe's as they emerge from the Jefferson River Canyon in Cardwell, Montana on a frigid March morning. An MRL Whitehall Extra crew has a tra... (more)
A set of four Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe locomotives being used as a manned helper is cut about two-thirds back in a westbound BNSF manifest freight climbing Mullan Pass out of Austin, Montana,... (more)
After helping to a westbound BNSF train over the steep 2.2% grades of Mullan Pass, a Montana Rail Link helper set of four EMD SD70ACe locomotives drop downgrade through Iron Ridge cut between Weed... (more)
