MRL SD70ACe 4303 enters the 10th Sub at Paradise heading towards Missoula with the "Day Gas" job.

Still surviving, the old cantilever style signals at the west end of the Plains siding witnesses the Day Gas empties heading east. Hopefully these signals stand for years to come, but it certainly... (more)

The Day Gas empties head up onto the mainline at "Pipeline" and are about to depart eastward towards Missoula.

Two Montana Rail Link helper sets combined for the trip down Mullan Pass pass through Iron Ridge and the original tunnel/alignment. The helpers would end up going to Helena and calling it a day by... (more)

A quartet of Montana Rail Link SD70ACe's help a westbound BNSF ethanol train across the Continental Divide on Mullan Pass at Blossburg,MT.

On the morning of July 4th MRL and 2 Livingston helpers out running to move several westbound's over Bozeman Pass. Here helper #2 returns to town as it makes it's way down the pass.

A set of MRL helper units changes ends near the east switch at Austin, Montana on the 3rd Sub, and will proceed down the main and couple onto the rear of a stalled out BNSF grain train in order to... (more)

After assisting a stalled westbound BNSF grain train up Mullan Pass, MRL helper set #3 coasts downgrade near Austin on the MRL's 3rd Subdivision.

With 2 units on the head end, MRL helper 2 cut in, 2 DPU's and helper 3 shoving on the rear, this stalled westbound comes to life as it leaves Austin.

After assisting a previous westbound to the summit, a 4 pack of MRL SD70ACe's prepare to rescue a stalled grain train at Austin as they await a signal to back onto the train.

2 sets of 3 MRL SD70ACes are the helpers based in Livingston, MT on the MRL 1st Subdivision. One set is pushing a BNSF Manifest Westbound, the other is waiting for a Westbound BNSF Grain to push o... (more)

Livingston Peak and the snow caped Absaroka Range watch over Montana Rail Link's daily Laurel to Missoula manifest as it begins the hard 1.8% climb up Bozeman Pass west of Livingston, MT.

MRL 4303 leading the "M-L" around the curve at Austin, MT on the east side of Mullan Pass.

Helper 1 prepares to detach from a westbound loaded grain train.

A five unit set of MRL SD70ACe's cruises down Mullan Pass into Helena, MT after helping a westbound upgrade. The units are closely following an H-PASKCK. Now that both are clear of the main, the l... (more)