Montana Rail Link’s famous gas train can be seen here winding along the Clark Fork river on a beautiful summer morning. Todays train has the staple 4406 & 4408 up front for power.

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local cruises along the Clark Fork at Quinns, Montana, on September 13, 2011. MRL EMD GP9 Nos. 113 and 127 power the eastbound local headed to St. Regis on the railr... (more)

MRL's day gas descends Evaro Hill on their final approach to Missoula.

MRL's day gas heads east towards Missoula with the standard train in tow.

Montana Rail Link’s local out of Logan switches the grain elevator at Harrison, Montana, after a trip up the Harrison Branch out of Sappington on September 10, 2011.

Descending Winston Hill into the darkening dusk of evening at 9:15 p.m. on June 25, 2019, and overpowered by Montana Rail Link GP9 No. 109 and SD40-2 No. 250, MRL’s Helena switch flies over the ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local crosses a trestle on the steep 2.2% mountain grade on the Harrison Branch just below milepost 6 after departing Harrison, Montana, on June 27, 2016. The local, powe... (more)

A Montana Rail Link “Jimbo” work train slowly departs the siding at Plains, Montana, and begins picking up old ties laying along the right-of-way after the passage of a tie gang on May 12, 202... (more)

MRL's night gas follows the river on the 10th sub on the way to Thompson Falls.

The Laurel-Bozeman turn is just barely outside of Laurel, where it will get thrown into a siding until after dark. One of the few original SD40-2's on the MRL roster leads one of the few 20 cylind... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 840 local, the Helena local operates out of Helena on weekdays and serves the cement plants at Montana City and Townsend. On June 25, 2020, MRL GP9 No. 109 and SD40-2XR No. 2... (more)

When thinking of legendary railroad towns, one thinks of Proctor, MN and the DM&IR. Cheyenne, WY and the Union Pacific. Among that list, one must include Livingston, MT and the Northern Pacific. I... (more)

The Gallatin Rocket rips through a river curve with a neat set of clouds high above. Leading this train is the rarely shot MRL 250, THE MRL locomotive. On October 31st, 1987, on the eve of MRL own... (more)

A quartet of Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe locomotives, being used in helper service on Mullan Pass west of Helena, are dropping downgrade light engine on the double track between Weed and Austin ... (more)

I arrived at Paradise before dawn and waited in the station parking lot for the sun to come up. The two GP9s for the Paradise Local were sitting behind the station, ready for the short run to St.... (more)