Still surviving, the old cantilever style signals at the west end of the Plains siding witnesses the Day Gas empties heading east. Hopefully these signals stand for years to come, but it certainly... (more)
The Day Gas empties head up onto the mainline at "Pipeline" and are about to depart eastward towards Missoula.
Montana Rail Link’s manifest freight from Laurel to Missoula, enter the huge cut that bypasses Iron Ridge Tunnel between Austin and Weed, Montana, while climbing Mullan Pass on July 5, 2021. Tra... (more)
On the afternoon of July 4, 2021, an unusual westbound Montana Rail Link helper set heads upgrade at Austin, Montana, viewed through an abandoned ranch house. An ornate window frame now void of gl... (more)
A rising sun is quickly burning off a thick fog that blanketed the Clark Fork Valley in Montana on the cool morning of October 3, 2021. Montana Rail Link’s gas local is switching its train at Pi... (more)
Montana Rail Link’s gas local has just departed the facility at Pipeline at Thompson Falls and crosses a bridge over the Thompson River near Woodlin in the scenic Clark Fork Valley on the mornin... (more)
Ghosts of Lombard. With a full harvest moon, a MRL manifest passes through Lombard, MT. Originally founded in the 1890s, Lombard, MT, the iconic location where the Milwaukee Road’s bridge o... (more)
MRL's tribute to essential workers leads the LM across the Austin Creek trestle.
2 sets of helpers, a total of 8 units, pass an empty stack train as they drift downgrade on their way back to stage at Helena. There they will wait for the next westbound to provide a shove over M... (more)
With sanders blasting, the Billings Transfer arrives back at Laurel with 161 cars.
The Billings Transfer heads back to Laurel with their first 4 units notched out.
The Billings Transfer departs west out of Billings with 2 SD40-2XRs, 2 SD45s and a GP9 for power.
The Billings Transfer prepares to return to Laurel with 161 cars and 5 EMDs for power, looking good against the smoky sunrise.
The 0600 Billings Switch begins their day with a trip to Exxon as they depart Billings Yard.
The 1400 Billings Switch arrives back in town from Exxon in the late evening.
