The "night gas" cruises along the banks of the Flathead River near Perma, MT bound for Pipeline at Thompson Falls.

Montana Rail Link's Day Gas local heads east along the Clark Fork River at Eddy.

MRL's "Night Gas" accelerates out of a work window near Alberton, MT crossing Fish Creek trestle on the 4th subdivision.

A pair of SD70ACe's lead the Montana Rail Link's Night Gas job as it cruises alongside the Clark Fork River on the MRL's 4th Sub outside of St. Regis, Montana. Today's train has a few gons on the ... (more)

MRL #4408 leads the Night Gas along the banks of the Flathead River at Perma, MT en route to Pipeline at Thompson Falls.

MRL's Night Gas local crosses the Jocko River, a Flathead River tributary, in Ravalli. Picture taken from the Highway 200 overpass. The train runs pretty much daily leaving Missoula in the late af... (more)

MRL's night gas heads west on the 10th Sub. The horses don't seem to be bothered by the loud train passing by.

After meeting the ML manifest at the West End siding, LAUBOZ gets moving once again, seen here exiting Bozeman Tunnel.

We are back on Bozeman Pass to view LAUBOZ once again traversing the grade, with a bit nicer weather this round. No helpers were needed on this run, with just 2 SD40-2XRs for power on the trip to ... (more)

We find ourselves at a picture perfect scene just east of Livingston, LAUBOZ heads under the US-89 overpass in perfect lighting, as well as the clouds providing a great backdrop. It's nice when th... (more)

On day 2 of our trip, we decided to chase LAUBOZ once again. Here the train heads through Big Timber, past some old NP relics. The cantilever, now fitted with modern signals, as well as an old sig... (more)

MRL's "LM" slowly climbs Mullan Pass at Austin with the Veterans unit leading the way. The train is bound for Missoula.

MRL's "LM" waits at Tobin (West Helena) as an EB BNSF approaches Helena.

With added help put on point in Livingston, LAUBOZ heads up Bozeman Pass under a dramatic sky. The 5 EMDs were working hard going uphill here.

All Blue As a end of a Era encroaches on Montana Railroading, a Laurel-Missoula manifest climbs Mullan Pass at Austin, MT. The train is assisted up the 2.2% grade with the help of a quar... (more)