With helpers up front, the "LM" arrives in Helena, where they will work the yard & head into Missoula.

A Z train cruises west out of Smithville

BNSF 8415 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train through Pinecliffe, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

UP 8975, 8116, 8219, 1989, 7773, & 8521 lead a westbound.

A loaded coal train crosses the low bridge at Island Road before crossing over the Missouri River north of St. Louis.

A pair of SD70ACes, BNSF 9071 & 8593, power westbound empties.

The night gas curves through Arlee on MRL's Scenic 10th Subdivision.

Helpers on the head end will stay with the train into Missoula today.

Out of the storm
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MLDNL slows into downtown Austin

ACe race
On the four-track main line over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, SD70ACe-led coal trains from both roads serving Powder River Basin put together a slow race over the top of ... (more)

UP 1111 yards MQG4's train at Global 4.

It was a busy summer morning watching trains on top of the parking deck overlooking Howell Interlocking. These were just two of the 14 trains spotted in 3 hours. NS #175 (Chattanooga,TN - Macon,GA... (more)

The Illinois Terminal heritage unit leads hopper train NS 825 west through control point Arthur after nightfall.

Montana Rail Link’s day gas local crosses the Thompson River east of Thompson Falls, Montana, and is following the Clark Fork on MRL’s Fourth Subdivision main line on October 14, 2018.