The conductor minds the first of two cattle gates that the Harrison local negotiates as it approaches it's namesake destination. A wintry mix approaches from the mountains.

MRL's Missoula-Laurel manifest train heads east on the 2nd Sub.

96 cylinders of EMD 710 power thunder up Mullan Pass with the Laurel-Missoula.

MRL 263 and company fly west with the short LAUBOZ on the drawbars while a severe storm in Eastern Montana builds in the distance.

MRL's "Night Gas" accelerates out of a work window near Alberton, MT crossing Fish Creek trestle on the 4th subdivision.

All Blue As a end of a Era encroaches on Montana Railroading, a Laurel-Missoula manifest climbs Mullan Pass at Austin, MT. The train is assisted up the 2.2% grade with the help of a quar... (more)

For a few days the usual SD70 pair for the gas local was broken up as #4408 was taken offline and replaced with #253, an SD40. This was a rare opportunity to see a conventional cab leader back on ... (more)

Montana Rail Link's "ML" manifest snakes it's way through Lombard Canyon (and under the former Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension) in the distance.

Layne Staley's voice echoes off the Sixteen Mile Canyon walls as relaxation is in full swing. Good music, good people and good food. I had to step away from the stove while making huckleberry panc... (more)

One of the two Livingston, MT-based helper sets, a pair of SD70ACe bracketing the one-of-a-kind for MRL, SDP40, are against a CP AC4400CW as the train climbs toward Bozeman Pass and thunderstorms ... (more)

Beginning the arduous climb over Mullan Pass is Burlington Northern train 123 at Tobin, just west of Helena, Montana, on September 10, 1995. A portion of the city of Helena can be seen in the back... (more)

A trio of EMD's operating in the Montana Rail Link's Livingston helper pool have tied on to the rear of an eastbound manifest freight and are beginning the shove out of Bozeman, Montana as the eve... (more)

BNSF 5454 rolls west at Desmet on the edge of Missoula, MT where it will divert off the 4th Sub and instead climb Evaro Hill on the 10th Sub. Heavier westbound trains normally take the 4th Sub wes... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 391 leads the MRL ML (Missoula to Laurel manifest) freight eastbound down the 2.2 percent grade of Mullan Pass approaching Austin, Montana, on September 2, 2003.

Montana Rail Link LM train (Laurel to Missoula freight) bends through Lombard Canyon between Lombard and Toston, Montana, on the afternoon of September 11, 1995. On the point is EMD F45 No. 391 le... (more)