An ES44AC leads a pair of executive SD70MACs on an eastbound empty coal train passing through the rather famous location of Jens, MT on MRL's Third Sub. The rear of the train can be seen in the up... (more)

A beautiful chilly morning finds us at the west slope of MRL's Mullan Pass as the Missoula to Laurel freight begins its assent of the grade. The train is led by a pair of MRL's newly acquired SD70... (more)

A pair of executive SD70MACs power the Butte, MT to Garrison local on a beautiful summer morning. The pair pause in the small yard at Garrison while a crew member switches the track behind me.

Here was a real treat! A pair of former Santa Fe warbonnets lift a rather light Laurel to Spokane manifest up the grade of Mullan Pass on a pleasant summer evening. This was one of two trains we s... (more)

A pair of SD70MACs ride along as DPUs on an eastbound empty coal train entering the scenic and remotely accessed Lombard Canyon on MRL's Second Sub.

A white Lincoln paces a grain train accelerating up the grade of Mullan Pass on a beautiful summer evening.

A trio of GEVOs lead coal loads through the extremely scenic and very remote Lombard Canyon on a beautiful summer morning.

Three GEs lead coal empties downgrade on Bozeman Pass passing through some very scenic Montana countryside. This view is from a hill alongside O'Rea Creek Road between Livingston and Muir.

The grain train we saw in the siding up the pass now coasts downgrade in to Livingston. As the train was passing, my uncle, whom I was traveling with, asked if I had dropped eight dollars when I g... (more)

Five units, all facing the same direction, lead a manifest eastbound through Bozeman, Montana on MRL's Second Sub seen from the shoulder of the I-90 Frontage Road. The MRL GP9 is in route to Laure... (more)

A pair of peach-colored Dash-9s lead empty grain hoppers through the siding at the west end of Bozeman Pass. The train stopped just short of clearing a nearby farmer's crossing to allow westbound ... (more)

Early morning light has just cleared the mountains near Springdale, Montana, fifteen miles east of Livingston as this manifest highballs eastbound with three paint schemes represented.

Head end helpers assist in lifting a Spokane bound manifest up the grade of Bozeman Pass on a beautiful summer afternoon. Interstate 90 is in the foreground just below the train.

Late evening sun lights up a westbound loaded coal train coasting down the last of the grade of Bozeman Pass on Montana Rail Link's Second Sub.

One of the first orders of BNSF Dash-9s in the heritage 1 paint leads a train of autoracks east towards Browning on a gorgeous summer morning.