Montana Rail Link's official train, The Silver Cloud (so named for the ex-Rock Island business car on the rear of the consist), crosses the Clark Fork River at Bonner, Montana, en route to picking... (more)
As a boy and father fish in the Clark Fork, eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe MPASLAU rumbles over the bridge at Bonner, Montana, on August 31, 2003. Santa Fe GE C44-9W No. 688 leads a former... (more)
A pair of U25C's and an SD45 lead a freight over the Clark Fork River.
Despite the ubiquitous scorch on the long hood the paint on BNSF 740 has held up pretty well. 740 was one of the very first locomotives painted in the "Heritage 2" paint scheme which replaced "Her... (more)
BNSF 9211 (SD70ACe) leads BNSF 9704, an SD70MAC, MRL 250, an SD40-2, and MRL 330, an SD45 with an empty coal train eastbound into the siding at the west end of Bonner, Montana for a meet. The trai... (more)
A cold Autumn rain comes down in the distant mountains as an eastbound BNSF manifest freight on Montana Rail Link's 3rd Subdivision crosses the Clark Fork River in Bonner, Montana. The train is l... (more)
A rare occurrence where an over and under of two trains was possible on the Montana Rail Link happened for a relatively short period of time in 2009. The track that SD40-2XR no. 263 is on was rebu... (more)
The first red nose LMX unit I saw was 8516 leading BN #91 on the MRL at Bonner, just east of Missoula.
'Southern Style': BNSF brings a little 'Southern Style' to Montana Rail Link, in the form of Kansas City Southern 4700 leading a BNSF mixed freight on March 26, 2008. While the photographer was ab... (more)
Short Train: While a few years ago MRL's Bonner local would have been a dozen or so cars, today there are only three trailing behind the power. Traffic from the locals largest costomer, Stimson Lu... (more)
60 Days Notice: An old switch lock secures the gate to the Bonner, Montana lumber mill owned by Stimson Lumber Co. and servered by Montana Rail Link. Last week, Stimson gave its employees 60 days ... (more)
BNSF 9346 East just outside of Bonner, MT, heading toward Helena, MT.
Empty BNSF grain heads east over the Clark Fork at Bonner, MT.
A EB BNSF freight crosser the Clark Fork River in Bonner, MT.
MRL's EB ML has just departed Missoula as it crosses over the Clark Fork in Bonner, MT.