A beautiful late summer morning at Austin, Montana on MRL's 3rd Subdivision finds a westbound BNSF coal load working its way up toward Mullan Pass with a Heritage II SD70MAC shoving hard on the re... (more)

A recently reactivated SD70MAC brings up the rear of eastbound BNSF grain empty descending Mullan Pass 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.

With an AC gevo leading 3 CN's, westbound train HLAUPAS works through Austin with helper 3 shoving on the rear.

With the recent upturn in traffic, many of the SD70MAC's have been released from storage, seen here as BNSF 9760 brings up the rear of a eastbound grain empty.

Traffic across the MRL is heavy right now, mostly with grain, loads and empty's. Here a CREX lease unit brings up the rear of an empty at Austin.

BNSF and NS power lead this Laural to Portland vehicle train between Birdseye and Austin.

BNSF's new Quality service train between Portland, OR and Alliance, TX descends Mullen Pass at Austin.

An empty grain train rolls down the east slope of Mullan Pass towards Helena

A assorted trio of motors lifts a auto train, filled out with new 737 fuselages up Mullan Pass. The train is making good speed unassisted up the mountain....

A westbound Auto train moves new Boeing 737s over Mullan Pass. The airplanes are destined for Washington State, where they will get final assembly....

Montana Mountain Climbing.... Perhaps the best place on Mullan Pass to witness the struggle of man versus gravity is at Iron Ridge. The grade here is a stiff compensated 2.2% with 10 degrees curv... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 391 leads the eastbound MRL ML (Missoula to Laurel manifest) freight down the steep grades of Mullan Pass just west of Austin, Montana, on September 2, 2003.

BNSF 6033 with the "Yellow swoosh" tagging along glide down the eastern slope of MRL's Mullan Pass.