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)

A BNSF manifest rounds Iron Ridge with a cut of new airliner parts and 4 new Boeing 737s. The airliner fusealges are heading for assembly at Renton, Washington.

BNSF 6325 brings up the rear of a descending empty oil train at the east end of Austin siding. The train is rolling east off Mullan Pass and headed into Helena, MT for a crew change.

A BNSF manifest rounds Iron Ridge with a cut of new airliner parts and 4 new Boeing 737s. Iron Ridge cut was recently made wider to accommodate a second track that lengthened Austin Siding westwa... (more)

MRL 4302 trails a four unit helper set of SD70ACes descending Mullan Pass into Helena, MT. The power has just passed through Austin and is headed to Birds Eye, then Helena where it will cut in to ... (more)

MRL 4302 and three mates serve as manned helpers on a loaded coal train climbing Mullan Pass westbound at Green Horn Trestle. The bridge is at milepost 17, about five miles above Austin, MT.

BNSF 8465 and a GEVO ease around the curve as they lead an empty coal train over Skyline Trestle on their descent of the east side of Mullan Pass near Austin, MT. NP's former mainline mountain cro... (more)

GP50 3140 with it's tiger stripe nose, with a B30-7 and another GP50 are in charge of a hot trailer train on the Ex Northern Pacific track-age.

Drifting downgrade into Austin, Montana, on the morning of June 29, 2016, is a Montana Rail Link helper set heading back to Helena to help another train up Mullan Pass. Note the large cut above th... (more)

BNSF 3981 leads a westbound grain train up the initial grade from Helena, MT to Austin on its climb up Mullan Pass. The train is nearing the east switch at Austin.

BNSF 6360 is on the move with its eastbound empty coal train after meeting a westbound coal train, viewable in the distance. The train is just east of Austin, MT on MRL, headed for a crew change a... (more)

BNSF 9062 and 9206 pair up to provide DPU support on a westbound loaded coal train heading into Austin, MT on its climb up Mullan Pass. Behind the trees in the distance cars from an empty coal tra... (more)

BNSF 8411 grinds upgrade nearing the east switch at Austin, MT with a loaded coal train westbound out of Helena. It will meet an eastbound empty coal train already waiting at Austin as it continue... (more)

BNSF 6360 eases its empty coal train to a stop at the apex of the curve just west of the railroad crossing at Austin, MT. The train will hold here for a meet with a westbound loaded coal train in ... (more)

A BNSF SD70ACe and a Gevo grind upgrade just east of Austin siding with a loaded coal train out of Helena, MT. The train is headed over Mullan Pass on the way to Missoula and has a quartet of MRL ... (more)