MRL's night gas local shoots underneath the Northern Pacific era searchlight cantilevers signals in Plains Montana, along Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivision.

On July 2, 2019, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local hauls two covered hoppers to the elevator at Harrison, Montana, passing fields of flowers while climbing the 2.2 percent grade of the branch.

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 railr... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD SD45 No. 355 leads the westbound gas local through the sweeping curve approaching Arlee, Montana, on the afternoon of September 27, 2007.

Montana Rail Link’s MLAUMIS freight enters Lombard Canyon and is approaching the east switch at Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 30, 2018. Directly across the Missouri River from the M... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena switch has almost reached the top of Winston Hill at Winston, Montana, as its returns back to Helena on June 30, 2017. Led by freshly-repainted EMD SD40-2XR (rebuilt S... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena switch arrives at Townsend, Montana, passing the searchlight signals at the west end of the siding there on July 5, 2018, Veteran GP9 No. 109 and SD40-2XR No. 262 lead... (more)

Westbound just east of Clinton, MT.

The Montana Rail Link's night gas local with its famous white tank cars follow the Clark Fork River west of Plains, Montana, on MRL's 4th Subdivision. The cars are destended for Thompson Falls whe... (more)

On the head end of Montana Rail Link's M-LAULAU train is the 346, one of their last SD45s with a true 20-cylinder engine inside. Here at Muir, Montana, the 346 and an SD40-2 sister are dragging th... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local rumbles through Lombard Canyon west of Lombard, Montana, with seven cars for Helena yard late in the afternoon of June 29, 2016.

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local crosses the Clark Fork at Paradise heading eastbound to switch Tricon Timber in St. Regis on the morning of February 23, 2015. After idle time sitting in front... (more)

Sand and exhaust spews from the GP9s powering the Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local as it backs its train out onto the Fourth Subdivision main line at Woodlin east of Thompson Falls, Montana, a... (more)

The crew has arrived as the power for Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local waits across the main line from the Paradise depot on the morning of September 22, 2006. After a little more paperwork, a... (more)

Montana Rail Link built a short section of track on old Milwaukee Road branch line right-of-way at Bonner, Montana, to help facilitate cleanup of the Milltown Dam site in 2009. Years of mining act... (more)