A westbound Montana Rail Link “Jimbo” work train, powered by MRL EMD SD40-2XR No. 259, crosses an icy Clark Fork River at Clark Fork, Idaho.

The southbound Swift RoadRailer awaits a crew to take the train to Keddie on BNSF's Gateway Subdivision.

With a moderate rainstorm rolling over Mullan Pass, Montana Rail Link SD40-2 No. 259 leads a westbound loaded ballast train over Skyline Trestle on a dreary, spring afternoon. Photo taken from Sky... (more)

After working on the 3rd Sub, a "Jimbo" arrives back at Missoula.

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 259 and 255 have the honors of bringing rail up to Tuscor, the location of a recent derailment of about 30 coal cars. This was the first train we ran into on our MRL adventure.

Fourteen locomotives head back to Helena, Montana, as a light engine movement on the afternoon of February 6, 1997. Two 4-unit helper sets, a 2-unit point helper and a set of four BNSF locomotives... (more)

MRL 259 runs long hood first with a Jimbo work train headed east at Belknap after working the west end of the Montana Rail Link during the week. MRL 259 is former BN 6324, built in November 1971, ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s “Jimbo” work train runs between Weed and Skyline, Montana, while cleaning up scrap material on the railroad’s line over Mullan Pass west of Helena on June 29, 2016. MRL... (more)

A westbound welded rail train makes is way up grade along the Clark Fork River at Woodlin near Thompson Falls, MT after dropping new CWR at Eddy. This train was moving to mile 36 to drop the balan... (more)

MRL 259 and 109 make a back up move toward empty hoppers they will take back from Montana City to Helena. MRL 259 will be the lead unit for the trip home.

MRL 259 and 109 head back toward Helena, MT with empty coke cars from Ash Grove Cement, Montana City. This short branch line is the only former Great Northern Ry. trackage operated by MRL. It was ... (more)

Montana Rail Link SD40-2XR No. 259 powers a “Jimbo” work train that has cleared for a westbound freight in Skyline siding on the east slope of Mullan Pass in Montana on June 29, 2016. No. 259 ... (more)

A westbound Montana Rail Link work train powered by SD40-2XR No. 259 nicely fits on the bridge over the Clark Fork at aptly-named Clark Fork, Idaho.

MRL 259 leads a "Jimbo" work train across the Clark Fork at its namesake city in northern Idaho. The train was working the west end of the railroad during our visit to the area.