Helper #2 gives the LM a shove over Mullan Pass at East Austin.

Helper #2 gives the LM a shove over Mullan Pass approaching Austin, MT.

Helper #2 gives the ML a shove over Mullan Pass.

Helper #2 gives the ML a shove westward at Tobin, MT.

MRL's Helena "Helper #2" departs home base heading west to give the LM a shove over Mullan Pass.

8 MRL SD70ACes head east around the horseshoe curve at Austin, MT.

Smoke from nearby forest fires fill the sky as 8 SD70ACes in the consists of Helper #2 and Helper #1 head back to Helena after Helper #1 ran out of time at Elliston earlier in the morning.

With 8 SD70ACes in the consist, Helper #2 and Helper #1 head back to Helena after Helper #1 ran out of time at Elliston earlier in the morning.

After helping a westbound BNSF train over Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, a set of Montana Rail Link SD70ACes slowly makes its way downgrade between Weed and Austin on July 6, 2022. They are ... (more)

Under a big Montana sky, Montana Rail Link’s MMISLAU (Missoula to Laurel manifest) freight approaches Winston on the morning of July 3, 2018.

A westbound BNSF coal train loops out of Austin, Montana, while climbing Mullan Pass west of Helena on October 7, 2020. Four Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACes on the mid-train manned helper grind upg... (more)

Managed to pull off a pacing shot of MRL 4314 while bringing the morning gas loads towards Missoula.

A pair of EMD SD70ACe's bringing the morning gas train towards Missoula along the scenic 10th subdivision.

A BNSF coal load climbing Montana Rail Link’s Mullan Pass works through Austin, Montana, helped by a quartet of MRL EMD SD70ACe locomotives on a manned helper set cut into in the middle of the t... (more)

MRL SD70ACe helpers assist a BNSF grain train up Mullan Pass as the train approaches Austin, MT just prior to starting up the final assault on the hill. This appears to be the first trip of the da... (more)