Montana Rail Link’s 844 local is in the process of picking up MRL SD40-2XR No. 265 at Sappington, Montana, after making a trip up the Harrison branch to retrieve two empty fertilizer cars from t... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD GP35 No. 404 heads up the Harrison branch light engine to retrieve a pair of empty fertilizer cars at the Harrison Elevator on June 27, 2023. To the southwest in the backgrou... (more)

With the collapse of Montana Rail Link’s Yellowstone River Bridge near Reed Point under the weight of MLAUMIS on June 24, 2023, and the subsequent severing of a busy main line, MRL and BNSF had ... (more)

After the passage of a thunderstorm on the afternoon of July 6, 2023, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local growls up Winston Hill under dark skies as it approaches the top of the hill at Winston, Mo... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Logan local makes the once weekly run to Harrison, MT to work the single customer in town.

Montana Rail Link's Logan local makes the once weekly return trip from Harrison, MT back to the junction at Sappington.

Montana Rail Link's Helena local works Ash Grove cement in beautiful late afternoon light on a cold first day of March. This will be the last March that sees MRL as an independant railroad.

Main line severed, but these got through
Nine minutes after sunset at 9:27 p.m. on July 8, 2023, a trio of Boeing 737 fuselages mounted on flat cars and pulled by a lone Montana Rail Li... (more)

On June 24, 2023, Montana Rail Link’s bridge spanning the Yellowstone River near Reed Point collapsed as the railroad’s Laurel to Missoula freight crossed it, sending ten cars into the drink a... (more)

Dwarfed by the surrounding terrain, Montana Rail Link's Helena Local heads east as it descends Winston Hill outside of Winston, Montana behind a GP9 and SD45. The train is bound for Townsend at th... (more)

Seen high above Evaro Hill, at the crest, rests one of the more iconic trestles along the MRL… seen here supporting the evening Gas train with a healthy cut for Thompson Falls.

With a lengthy train for Missoula, MRLs morning Gas train skates along the Clark Fork river in some beautiful summer sunlight.

On a sunny morning high above the valley, MRLs famed Day Gas train rumbles over the Evaro high bridge with 22 cars for Missoula.

A pair of Montana Rail Link SD40-2XR's lead a short LAUBOZ freight as they emerge from the tunnel at the summit of Bozeman Pass in West End, Montana and catch the last sliver of evening sunlight.... (more)

MRL 4402 leads the ML up Bozeman Pass on the evening of June 20th. Usually helper sets on Bozeman are on the back of trains, so to see one on point was a nice surprise.