Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 392 faces brand new EMD SD70ACe No. 4300 at the railroad’s locomotive facility at Helena, Montana, on October 8, 2005. MRL No. 4300 is only a month old, and F45 No.... (more)

After Union Pacific merged Southern Pacific, it continued to operate a Z train between Denver and Salt Lake City over the Moffat Line for several years before eventually moving it to the Overland ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local begins the trip up the branch to Harrison at Sappington, Montana, on October 4, 2022. On the rear of the train is former Northern Pacific observation car No. 391 th... (more)

A string of flatcars loaded with rail is prepared for unloading at Union Pacific’s welded rail plant at Laramie, Wyoming, on March 25, 2008.

Edging the mountains of Glacier National Park is a trio of Burlington Northern Santa Fe GE C44-9Ws leading a westbound BNSF stack train that is climbing over Marias Pass at Marias, Montana, on Jun... (more)

Heading eastbound on Union Pacific’s North Fork Subdivision running out of Grand Junction is an Operation Lifesaver special departing Paonia, Colorado, on June 14, 2009. Powering the passenger t... (more)

At the end of a cold and snowy February 5, 2004, a westbound Union Pacific coal train cruises through Thistle, Utah, on the westward descending grade of Soldier Summit.

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe Office Car Special approaches East Portal, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on August 28, 2000. Powering the passenger train is a p... (more)

A fiery sunrise greets a southbound BNSF coal load in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin south of Bill on May 30, 2009.

Chasing its own reflection in the mirror-like surface of the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon is a westbound BNSF unit coal train passing over the west switch of Lombard on the afternoon of Septem... (more)

Throwing a little smoke into the cold air, Nevada Northern Railway Alco RS3 No. 109 pulls a short ballast train through Keystone, Nevada, in a light snowfall on February 7, 2004.

The westbound Rocky Mountaineer tour train works toward Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on October 12, 2022. The eleven-car train will soon be on the upper level of track at the east switch ... (more)

A BNSF Denver to Stockton manifest freight, powered by a trio of GE C44-9Ws, works through the curves west of Clay Colorado, while climbing Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision grade up the... (more)

October 1, 2022, dawned rainy and cool in Townsend, Montana, along Montana Rail Link’s grade over Winston Hill on the Second Subdivision. Might as well stay warm and dry in our Vrbo accommodatio... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD SD40-2XR No. 264 and EMD GP9 No. 109 power a short MRL Helena local out of Townsend, Montana, on the afternoon of September 30, 2022.