BNSF 7585, CSX C40-8 7633 and SD50-2S 8610 prepare to depart Missoula with a haulage rights grain train.

ES44DCs 7580, 7582 and SD40-2 7160 leads a Pasco-Laurel manifest onto MRL’s 3rd Sub at they depart Missoula Yard.

GP9 125 and GP35 402 parked at the MRL engine terminal in Missoula.

CSX C40-8W 7857 and AC4400CW 162 lead a BNSF haulage rights train into Missoula Yard.

BNSF 5432 and Oakway SD60 9015 idle at the west end of Missoula Yard.

GP35 402 (ex-MRL 6355, ex-GTW 6355, nee-DTI 355) and GP9 125 (ex-BN 1946, nee-NP 367) wait by the former Northern Pacific Depot in Missoula before making their morning departure with the Polson Lo... (more)

An otherwise fruitless day, because the railroad was down to a couple of "dead freights" daily, found this local with someplace he needed to be, charging by the station under long unused wires. H... (more)

A Montana Rail Link GP35 sits along side one of the many historic buildings on Missoula, Montana's northside on the evening of November 23, 2008.

"Older" BNSF SD70ACe leads the 133rd Boardman, Or. coal train west between Missoula and Schilling on the MRL.

The SRS 145, "Bob McGuire", sits tied down at the MRL Headquarters in Missoula on this blustery and chilled fall day.

Just after 2:00AM on a cool Fall night, Montana Rail Link GP9 132 sits at the ready at Missoula Yard. The geep will likely sit until Monday morning when its called upon to power locals to Polson, ... (more)

With two SD70ACe's leading the way, Montana Rail Link's ML road freight heads east at Missoula, Montana on September 28, 2008. Just east of town the tracks enter an area known as Hellgate Canyon, ... (more)

This rock outcropping about halfway up Missoula, Montana's 5,168 foot Mt. Sentinel, provides an excellent spot for the college railfan to study, enjoy the views and of course do a little photograp... (more)

"The Playground" - Missoula, Montana has often been discribed as a playground of mountains and rivers and few vantage points prove that as well as the scene from atop Mt. Sentinel and Hellgate Can... (more)

As MRL 116 rests at the MRL engine terminal, a BNSF trackage rights train rolls by on the main passing the former Montana Hotel in downtown Missoula.