Night Gas ambles along the 10th Sub along the cliffs along the gorgeous Flathead River.

MRL's Night Gas train is weaving its way around the Flathead River on its way to Piepline. Sometimes you just have to appreciate how big this world really is...

MRL's Night Gas train is leaving the 10th Sub, generally the preferred route for this train as its 42 miles shorter than the 4th Sub, which is seen in the foreground, and which they will enter to ... (more)

One of the more classic Gas Local shots, the Night Gas entering the 10th Sub at Desmet past two classic signal bridges with a sparkling 4406 leading.

To me, this is quintessential west end MRL shot: Beautiful pines and a free flowing river pair nicely with fresh blue MRL units. We did have to sweat out the light a little, with a set out at Para... (more)

Strung out on the famed Bozeman Pass, the sound of 20 cylinders pounding up the mountain is truly something to behold. Rounding a curve in the middle of the hill, it will only be minutes before t... (more)

Adorned in MRL's new paint scheme in 2013 and promptly stored in 2014 (AFAIK) with an uncertain fate, the #355 is back from dead, seen here leading the first SD45 powered train on the MRL in just... (more)

Although updates have made the billowing clouds of smoke a thing of the past, an SD45 bursts out of the tunnel with plenty of gusto behind it! The first MRL train to feature an SD45 as a leader in... (more)

A lot dirtier than when it first started testing, a GE Tier 4 demo barrels down the 2nd Sub. It was incredibly peaceful listening to the burbling Yellowtone River, roosters and cows making noise a... (more)

A few weeks before my move, another gorgeous fall day came around and it was business as usual on the Iron Range of Minnesota, as pellets for Two Harbors come steaming out of the plant.

Although quite dirty by MRL standards, these helpers cannot avoid it working through Bozeman tunnel. This helper set has picked up the locals engines and cars and will bring them back to Livingst... (more)

After a snowstorm covered eastern Montana, the endless parade of westbounds over the MRL continued with this coal train charging west along the Yellowstone River.

With 125 loads of coal and 4 BNSF motors in Run 8, the Livingston Helpers give it all they have, with the oldest SDP40 in existence sandwiched between. In a few miles, the assault will be over and... (more)

A very unusual sight on the MRL, a BNSF passenger train consisting of various business fleet cars, including Great Dome #31, fly through Columbus along the very scenic Yellowstone River. I don't b... (more)

One of CN's unique SD40U's leads a train of hot pellets back to Proctor.