UP 8304, CSX 5002 (CW60AC), and BNSF 6386 (ES44AC) head up eastbound Portland General Electric coal empties returning from Boardman, OR to the Powder River Basin. The train is crossing the Clark F... (more)
MRL GP9 109 (ex NP109) works home rails at Thompson Falls, MT. The assistant engineer contemplates his next move as he switches the lumber mill.
The Gas local prepares to pickup its empty gas cars at Thompson Falls, MT. MRL 4312 is one of the locomotives to wear the new company paint scheme.
Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local backs down the spur at Thompson River Lumber and prepares to set out the train at Thompson Falls, Montana, on the afternoon of September 18, 2012. MRL GP9 No. ... (more)
Montana Rail Link's westbound Gas Local skirts the partially frozen Clark Fork River just east of Thompson Falls, Montana. A former Southern Pacific SD45 leads the train with an SD70ACe trailing. ... (more)
Trotting East along the Clark Fork River and the 4th Sub, MRL 4312 East has 21 gasoline empties and 9 diesel fuel empties at track speed on a cold Winter morning.
Montana Rail Link’s night gas local approaches Thompson Falls, Montana, near the old station location of Woodlin on the afternoon of May 8, 2012. This portion of MRL’s Fourth Subdivision close... (more)
Montana Rail Link SD45 (MRL calls the rebuilt locomotive a SD45-2) No. 328 pulls a “Jimbo” work extra on the Thompson River Lumber Lead down to the junction with MRL’s main line at Woodlin n... (more)
A Montana Rail Link "Jimbo" work train prepares to overnight in Thompson Falls, Montana. Caboose number 1007 which was originally from the B.C. Hydro Railway, came from MRL's sister railroad SRY R... (more)
Montana Rail Link's Gas Local finishes up its switching chores at its terminus just east of Thompson Falls. Thankfully, the sun popped out during the last part of the day. The two locomotives (SD7... (more)
The Montana Rail Link's gas local heads towards Missoula, Montana following the Clark Fork out of Thompson Falls. Montana Rail Link operate a series of freight trains from a loading facility in... (more)
Montana Rail Link's daily Night Gas Local arrives at Thompson Falls, Montana with 25 CONX tanks ready to be serviced at the facility in town.
Winding through an "S" curve just out of Thompson Falls on it's way East
Montana Rail Link's "Day Gas" turn has just started its return journey to Missoula as it rolls along the Clark Fork River near Thompson Falls, MT.
The Day Gas is just out of Thompson Falls bound for Missoula.