Powered by two EMD SD70ACes, Montana Rail Link’s 840 local passes by the abandoned Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension bridge over the Missouri River and is about to cross Sixteen Mile Creek at Lom... (more)

A beautiful morning greets Montana Rail Link’s Helena local as it curves through Lombard, Montana, on June 26, 2015. Two EMD SD70ACes power the train past the abandoned Milwaukee Road Pacific Ex... (more)

Helper 1 has an additional set of SD70ACes in tow as they roll downgrade over Skyline Trestle with fresh snow on the ground from the previous day.

Can you hear it?

The faint rumble of EMD 710's echo off the evergreens of the Helena National Forest, slowly getting closer and closer. Then it appears, a quartet of freshly washed ... (more)

A 4 unit set of helpers returns to Helena as it drops down off Mullan Pass at Austin.

Three workers from a contract mobile wash service clean new Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe No. 4302 being used in helper service on Mullan Pass. Even one trip through the Mullan Tunnel could coat t... (more)

The whole generation range of EMD locomotives owned by Montana Rail Link can be seen here in Helena, Montana. The SD70ACe has just received a bath by a contract washer (missed a couple of spots by... (more)

Three contract workers from a mobile wash service make quick work of a dirty Montana Rail Link SD70ACe. Montana Rail Link would use these contractors often to clean the soot and dirt that the help... (more)

MRL 4302 lifts the Missoula bound manifest up the 2.2% grade of Mullan Pass.

Montana Rail Link's Laurel to Missoula manifest with MRL 4302, 325, and a five pack of SD70ACe helpers on the rear climbing the grade westward out of Helena, Montana between Birdseye and Austin.

MRL SD70ACe 4302 leads an SD40-2XR and a pair of SD45-2s on the Laurel to Missoula manifest, seen just about to cross Birdseye Road at Tobin, MT in the late evening. The first forty cars are loade... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Laurel to Missoula manifest with MRL 4302, 325, and a five pack of SD70ACe helpers on the rear makes its way up the grade westward out of Helena, Montana between Tobin and Bird... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Laurel-Missoula manifest rolls along the Clark Fork River approximately 25 miles east of Missoula. The train was recrewed at Bearmouth and will have clear sailing into MRL's Mi... (more)

Four MRL SD70ACe's shove a heavy coal train up Mullan Pass just below the siding at Austin. The track zig zags up the canyon on this part of the grade.

A four unit set of MRL SD70ACe helpers assist the Kickpass up Mullan Pass. The train is near the summit but still working hard up the long grade over the Continental Divide.