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)

Kicking up some dust from some recent trackwork, Montana Rail Link’s night gas local is westbound along the Flathead River west of Perma, Montana, on June 26, 2020.

Montana Rail Link’s day gas local heads eastbound on the Fourth Subdivision, passing the signals at the west end of the siding at Plains, Montana, on the morning of October 4, 2020.

Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe Nos. 4408 and 4406 power the night gas local west on the Fourth Subdivision main line between Donlan and Quinns, Montana, in a panned photograph from my campsite alon... (more)