A late afternoon manifest navigates the Skyline trestle across Greenhorn Creek, battling Mullan Pass and nearing the continental divide. The pair of H2 Dash 9s on point were built within a couple ... (more)

Skyline Cut A coal load charges the 2.2% grade and 10 degree curves just west of Skyline, Montana. The dark sky in the background is a departing thunderstorm that just deposited much ne... (more)

Winter Wonder Land Drone Shot of BNSF #8075 on Skyline Trestle as they work there way west on the MRL 3rd Subdivision

BNSF ES44AC #6013 leads a westbound coal train through a cut on MRL's Mullan Pass

Westbound BNSF coal loads pass Skyline siding as they climb Mullan Pass on MRL's 3rd Sub.

The head end of a loaded westbound grain train rounds the curve at Skyline, about to pass the signal headed up Mullan Pass. The DPU on the rear of the train is about to round the curve at Greenhor... (more)

A Westbound BNSF grain train crosses over Skyline Trestle on MRL’s 3rd Sub, as it can be seen wrapping up the Mullan Pass grade behind.

Eastbound BNSF autoracks descend down Mullan Pass, crossing Skyline Trestle on their way to Helena.

An empty BNSF coal train descends Mullan Pass passing the searchlight signals at 'Skyline' on MRL's 3rd Subdivision.

A BNSF coal train works hard up the 2.2% grade of Mullan Pass and across Greenhorn Trestle east of Skyline,MT.

A Montana Rail Link helper set drifts down Mullan Pass rolling by the west end of Skyline siding

Cascade Green Quartet! Coal moving over Mullan Pass behind four Cascade Green ex. Burlington Northern SD60Ms! The sound of big DC motors exploding out of Skyline Cut and over the Austin C... (more)

Grinding up the 2.2% grade of Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, is a westbound BNSF coal train at Skyline on June 30, 2019. Head end power led by GE ET44C4 No. 3890 is crossing Austin Creek Tre... (more)

Burlington Northern train 120 crosses Austin Creek Trestle just west of Skyline, Montana, as it descends Mullan Pass on September 9, 1995. The eastbound freight is powered by three EMD SD40-2s and... (more)

After a long walk up to the trestle, it took a couple of minutes for the train to reach the bridge. You could hear the train grinding up the hill quite well, but it took it a bit to show its face.... (more)