Montana Rail Link’s day gas local, returning to Missoula from Pipeline at Thompson Falls, follows the Clark Fork eastbound through Weeksville, Montana, on February 7, 2022.

The old Dixon, Montana, depot still stood on September 15, 2010, as an eastbound BNSF coal empty meets the westbound Montana Rail Link night gas local at Dixon siding. Meets are somewhat unusual o... (more)

Montana Rail link’s gas local rolls through the curves approaching milepost 50 just east of Perma, Montana, on September 27, 2007. MRL EMD SD70ACe No. 4308 and SD45 No. 355 power the eastbound t... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s gas local heads eastbound out of Dixon, Montana, on the railroad’s Tenth Subdivision main line on the morning of October 16, 2018.

Montana Rail Link’s day gas local crosses the Thompson River east of Thompson Falls, Montana, and is following the Clark Fork on MRL’s Fourth Subdivision main line on October 14, 2018.

Montana Rail Link’s night gas local approaches the junction with MRL’s Fourth Subdivision main line at Paradise, Montana, on June 26, 2020.

Montana Rail Link’s gas local cruises along the Flathead river west of Perma, Montana, on September 25, 2008. Powering the eastbound train running from Pipeline at Thompson Falls to Missoula is ... (more)

MRL 4406 leads the night gas local towards Thompson Falls on the 10th Subdivision.

Montana Rail Link’s night gas local cruises along the Clark Fork approaching Plains, Montana, late in the afternoon of June 26, 2020.

Montana Rail Link’s gas local out of Pipeline at Thompson Falls passes the cantilever searchlight signal mast at the east end of Plains siding as it heads eastbound through Plains, Montana, on t... (more)

Rolling down Montana Rail Link’s Tenth Subdivision along the Flathead River at McDonald near Dixon, Montana, is the MRL gas local on September 28, 2007. Powering the eastbound train is EMD duo o... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s night gas local runs westbound beneath the eye-catching Mission Range, at McDonald near Dixon, Montana, on June 29, 2019.

A rising sun is quickly burning off a thick fog that blanketed the Clark Fork Valley in Montana on the cool morning of October 3, 2021. Montana Rail Link’s gas local is switching its train at Pi... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s gas local has just departed the facility at Pipeline at Thompson Falls and crosses a bridge over the Thompson River near Woodlin in the scenic Clark Fork Valley on the mornin... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s day gas local follows the Flathead River eastbound at Perma, Montana, on October 2, 2015. MRL’s gas train operates between Missoula and Thompson Falls (Pipeline), usually o... (more)