On a crisp, early autumn day, a trio of Montana Rail Link SD45s power a BNSF freight westbound into Algoma, Idaho, only moments after crossing the bridge over Lake Pend Oreille from Sandpoint, on ... (more)

As the sun rises on October 3, 2014, three Montana Rail Link EMD SD45s cross the bridge at Tuscor, Montana, with a westbound BNSF freight. In the silence of an autumn morning along the Clark Fork,... (more)

Almost to the summit
A westbound BNSF manifest freight powered by three Montana Rail Link SD45s exits Bozeman Pass Tunnel in a swirl of exhaust and is about to crest the summit of Bozema... (more)

Three Montana Rail Link SD45s lead BNSF’s MSPOLAU freight eastbound through Belknap, Montana, on the morning of October 4, 2014. Trailing in the all-EMD consist is BNSF GP39-2, SD70MAC and SD70A... (more)

Three venerable Montana Rail Link SD45s power a BNSF freight westbound into Algoma, Idaho, after crossing the bridge over Lake Pend Oreille from Sandpoint, on October 3, 2014.

Montana Rail Link SD45 No. 351 sprints along the Second Subdivision just east of Livingston, Montana, leading a BNSF manifest freight on September 28, 2014. Even though these flared locomotives ar... (more)

A westbound BNSF manifest freight powered by three Montana Rail Link SD45s crests Bozeman Pass at it exits Bozeman Pass Tunnel at West End, Montana, on September 28, 2014. The longer and more-rest... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s ML (Missoula to Laurel manifest freight) approaches Avon at Bradley, Montana, on a warm and green July 6, 2001. Two SD45s splice MRL’s only SDP40 as power, while behind the... (more)

On a rain-filled afternoon of September 28, 2014, Montana Rail Link SD45 (SD45M) No. 351 hustles a westbound BNSF freight along the Yellowstone River at Elton, Montana. The locomotive exudes muscl... (more)

Four blue Montana Rail Link SDs are being used as a manned mid-train helper in a BNSF grain train climbing Mullan Pass just east Weed, Montana, on September 2, 2003. MRL SD45s No. 351, 329 and 377... (more)

Three Montana Rail Link SD45s (351, 326 and 355) fly along the Second Subdivision just east of Livingston with a BNSF manifest freight on September 28, 2014. Even though these flared motors are re... (more)

Into the Storm: A trio of Montana Rail Link SD45-2s head west on BNSF Railway train H-KCKSPO1-24 on Dec. 28, 2014. The train will take Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivision on its way across ... (more)

Skirting along the Yellowstone River, three leased SD45's hustle BNSF's Kansas City, KS to Spokane, WA manifest through the s-curves near Elton on MRL's 2nd Sub.

Three Montana Rail Link SD45s power a westbound BNSF manifest freight on MRL’s Second Subdivision along the Yellowstone River at Elton, Montana, on September 28, 2014.

Rumbling along the Clark Fork west of Trout Creek, Montana, on the morning of October 4, 2014, is eastbound BNSF MSPOLAU with an all-EMD seven locomotive consist. Three MRL SD45s lead orange GP39-... (more)