The LAUBOZ heads west out of Big Timber, while we pace it along the I-90 Frontage Road.

After meeting a couple eastbounds in town, LAUBOZ heads westbound out of Columbus past a swollen Yellowstone River. A week prior, major flooding was occurring along the Yellowstone, putting our tr... (more)

The day gas rolls along the Flathead River on it's way back to Missoula with a 31 car train. It was nice to see an SD40XR 2nd out.

MRL's Night Gas local out near Perma, MT along the Flathead River. The train runs pretty much daily leaving Missoula in the late afternoon, running to Thompson Falls where a transfer is made to a... (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)

The morning sun begins to warm a a BNSF coal train crossing the Montana Rail Link at Plains. The train is timetable westbound as it follows the Clark Fork River on one side and the Smiley Sough on... (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)

An eastbound BNSF grain train rolls along the Clark Fork River near Eddy,MT on Montana Rail Links 4th Sub.

Montana Rail Link's 'Day Gas' local blasts through the small town of Ravalli,MT heading back to Missoula on MRL's 10th Subdivision.

Montana Rail Link manned helpers assist a westbound BNSF coal train across Mullan Pass as they cross Greenhorn Trestle on MRL's 3rd Sub.

The thick smoke from wildfires further west subsides briefly to allow the sun to illuminate a westbound BNSF manifest working its way past Kootenai Falls on BNSF's Kootenai Subdivision between Whi... (more)

BNSF DPU's shove a westbound grain train through serene Trout Creek Montana

A BNSF coal train climbs the east slope of MRL's Bozeman Pass during a wet summer snowstorm

A four pack of Montana Rail Link SD70ACe's help a westbound BNSF manifest up the 2.2% grade of Mullan Pass at near Austin,MT on a gorgeous Tuesday morning. Another set of MRL EMD's can be seen in ... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Helena Local job has arrived in Townsend, Montana behind GP9 109 and SD45 355. The conductor is throwing the switch into the Graymont Limestone Quarry to swap cars before headi... (more)