Led by Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe No. 4315, MRL’s eastbound Helena local traces the Missouri River into Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, on June 29, 2016.
MRL 4309 heads West past a little town called Springdale. Note the mountain peaks in the background.
MRL 4408 heads West into Eddie as it will follow another train ahead of it on the main to meet a "Super Train" as the MRL dispatchers called two trains combined into one.
MRL 4408 headed West up the 4th Subdivision through Plains with the night gas local in tow.
Managed to pull off a pacing shot of MRL 4314 while bringing the morning gas loads towards Missoula.
A pair of EMD SD70ACe's bringing the morning gas train towards Missoula along the scenic 10th subdivision.
A ballast train grinds up the grade towards Austin on a hot summer afternoon following Greenhorn Creek amid the arid Montana rolling hills. The veteran EMD on the point is still admirably earning ... (more)
After helping a BNSF westbound train over the steep grades of Mullan Pass, a standard helper set comprised of a quartet of Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACes, arrives at their home base of Helena, Mon... (more)
Montana Rail Link’s 844 local drops back to the Fifth Subdivision main line with eight tank cars from the petroleum facility at Logan, Montana, on June 26, 2017. Milwaukee Road’s line to Bozem... (more)
Powered by EMD SD40-2XR No. 257 and EMD SD45 No. 346, an eastbound Montana Rail Link ballast train takes the siding at Townsend, Montana, on the morning of June 26, 2019.
After shoving a BNSF grain train up the hill, the MRL helpers cut away and get ready to take the signal at the west end of Muir.
MRL 127 leads a two car 844 Logan local through Willow Creek as a winter storm has engulfed the region.
MRL 127 brings the 844 local to a stop in Three Forks to service Imerys Talc America Inc.
SD45's and searchlight signals... as modern as the Northern Pacific ever got, still alive in 2022...
The first winter storm of the season has engulfed the southern region of Montana which is perfect because MRL 127 is in charge of todays 844 local out of Logan.
