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)

Montana Rail Link EMD SD40-2XR Nos. 252 and 252 power the railroad’s Helena local eastbound out of Trident, Montana, on September 14, 2010.

Montana Rail Link’s 840 local from Helena arrives at Logan, Montana, on September 26, 2007. Still standing on this day in the background is a relic from another age and mode of locomotion—an o... (more)

An eastbound BNSF grain train passes by on the main line while Montana Rail Link’s Helena local prepares to pick up a BNSF SD70ACe off the house track at Lombard, Montana, very late in the day o... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 840 local, also known as the Helena local, rolls east through Lombard Canyon between Toston and Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 26, 2016. The train is powered by M... (more)

Led by Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe No. 4315, MRL’s eastbound Helena local traces the Missouri River into Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, on June 29, 2016.

Montana Rail Link’s train No. 840, the Helena local, heads into Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 19, 2014, powered by a matching set of EMD SD40-2XRs (rebuilt SD40s), Nos. 262 and 263.

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local follows the Missouri River into Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, on June 29, 2016.

On the pristine morning of June 26, 2015, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local curves along the Missouri River at Lombard, Montana, powered by two MRL EMD SD70ACes.

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)

At 8:36 p.m. on June 28, 2016, some of the last sunlight of the day lights up the tracks of Montana Rail Link through Lombard, Montana, illuminating a glowing six-car Helena local approaching the ... (more)

Late in the day of June 29, 2016, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local rumbles through Lombard Canyon, Montana, with seven cars for Helena yard. This is probably the last time I will ever photograph... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local travels along the Missouri River through Lombard, Montana, on June 22, 2015.

Powered by two EMD SD70ACes, Montana Rail Link’s 840 local passes by the abandoned Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension bridge over the Missouri River and is about to cross Sixteen Mile Creek at Lom... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 840 (Helena local) heads westbound along the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, on June 24, 2015. Two big EMD SD70ACes power the short train.