MRL's daily night gas local moves along the banks of the Flathead River between Dixon and Perma on the railroad's Tenth Sub. Both the river and the Tenth Sub end at Paradise, where the Clark Fork ... (more)

Descending Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, is Montana Rail Link’s ML (Missoula to Laurel manifest freight) at Austin on September 12, 2002.

Five Montana Rail Link EMD six-axle locomotives, used as a helper set on Bozeman Pass, head downgrade back to Livingston glinting the setting sun on October 10, 2005. Westbound trains get plenty o... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local switches on the Thompson River Lumber lead at Woodlin east of Thompson Falls, Montana, on a frigid and snowy February 7, 2014.

Montana Rail Link EMD SD19-1 No. 651, a prototype rebuild of a SD9 from MRL’s Livingston Shop, rests at Paradise, Montana, after a week of work on the Paradise local on September 22, 2006. A cle... (more)

A trio of EMD's operating in the Montana Rail Link's Livingston helper pool are on the rear of an eastbound manifest freight and are in the early stretch of the ascent of Bozeman Pass. The train i... (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)

The old Dixon, Montana, depot still stood on September 15, 2010, as an eastbound BNSF coal empty meets the westbound Montana Rail Link night gas local at Dixon siding. Meets are somewhat unusual o... (more)

MRL 4408 leads the Day Gas through Weeksville,MT.

MRL 4408 leads the Day Gas through Evaro Hill on its way to Missoula.

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local switches Thompson River Lumber Company at Woodlin east of Thompson Falls, Montana, on January 24, 2013.

Another favorite railroad has passed into the history books. As 2023 draws to a close so does the lease of the old Northern Pacific mainline through the Rockies by Montana Rail Link. One of the ne... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s office car special is cleaned by a contractor at the platforms by Missoula’s former Northern Pacific station before another trip on October 7, 2005. Dennis Washington, the ... (more)

Inside the Montana Rail Link’s headquarters building in Missoula, Montana, are the dispatchers that are keeping the railroad’s trains moving on October 7, 2005.

Montana Rail Link EMD SD45 No. 328 powers a westbound MRL work train through a cut between Eddy and Thompson Falls, Montana, on September 21, 2012.