A westbound Montana Rail Link ballast empty heads up the Sixth Subdivision at Three Forks, Montana, on June 26, 2019. The trackside horse seems more interested in the SD45 than the photographer.
As a large thunderstorm marches east, Montana Rail Link’s Bozeman turn passes the old wooden grain elevators still located at Reed Point, Montana, on the afternoon of July 2, 2019.
The sun rises on a beautiful morning on the Clark Fork River as Montana Rail Link No. 4315 leading a westbound manifest nears the town of Plains Montana.
On a mostly stormy afternoon, a small pocket of sunshine lights up Montana Rail Link’s Bozeman turn on the curve along the Yellowstone River leaving Columbus, Montana. MRL SD45 No. 355 and SD40-... (more)
At dusk during the “blue hour” just after an early season snowfall, Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 390 leads LM (Laurel to Missoula manifest freight) as it climbs the grade of Bozeman Pass at M... (more)
Montana Rail Link’s Helena switch dashes over Winston Hill just east of Winston into a darkening evening in Montana at 9:15 p.m. on June 25, 2019. Powering the short local with two cars for the ... (more)
The Livingston Local no longer works out of its namesake, with all major Gallatin Valley customers located in Bozeman or west, the job now is based out of there. Last winter however, with power fa... (more)
Montana Rail Link SD35 704, ex-Norfolk & Western 1543. A Fred Wilson original Kodachrome slide, from my collection.
Far from home Montana Rail Link SD45-2 rebuild unit 303 was leading a westbound BNSF intermodal train through scenic Crozier Canyon.
Montana Rail Link’s LM (Laurel to Missoula freight) climbs Bozeman Pass east of Muir, Montana. Eight EMD SD45/SD45-2 locomotives racking up an impressive 28,800 horsepower pulls the train. A set... (more)
As the morning sun peeks over the rim of Lombard Canyon, eastbound Montana Rail Link No. 4300 rolls a manifest along the Missouri River and the Lewis and Clark Trail.
The Day Gas heading east from Thompson Falls to Missoula, MT on a crisp morning.
The Day Gas heading east from Thompson Falls to Missoula, MT on a crisp morning. This location is between Eddy and Plains on the 4th subdivision.
The Day Gas heading east from Thompson Falls to Missoula, MT on a crisp morning. This location is between Paradise and Perma on the 10th subdivision.
