With the train about as small as it can be and dwarfed by the amazing red rock scenery around Moab, Utah—Union Pacific’s Potash local heads back to the main line after setting out most of its ... (more)

Surrounded by the colors of autumn during a pastel sunset, an eastbound BNSF Z train rumbles over the causeway along Frog Pond west of Trout Creek, Montana, on October 2, 2015. A new ET44C4 leads ... (more)

The spur track off of main 2 at Palmer Lake is a place where you will usually find spare power waiting for the call to assist a struggling train over the summit here. Today was no exception to th... (more)

With the crystal clear waters of Siegel Creek flowing into the Clark Fork in the foreground, Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local heads back to Paradise near Quinns, Montana, on October 2, 2015. T... (more)

MRL's Business Train races west around the sweeping curve near Cyr, Montana on a spectacular spring morning in the valley of the Clark Fork River.

Little buddy
While a horse and his little goat buddy seem more interested in the photographer, in the background, a Montana Rail Link helper set of three EMD SD70ACes drifts down the 2.2... (more)

The Morning Gas local descends the steep and twisting Evaro Hill as it nears the old station of Nagros, MT. Urban sprawl is encroaching closer to the tracks nearly every year.

The Night Gas local heads towards a setting sun on a long late Spring Day. The deep blue of the Clark Fork River flows west with the train as they both head towards Thompson Falls...

Racing into the setting sun on a warm Summer evening, two Montana Rail Link SD70ACe's trot along the north bank of the Clark Fork River with the daily Night Gas Local in tow.

Usually operating only once a week to Harrison, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local grinds up the 2.2% mountain grade near milepost 6 on June 22, 2015. The 3-car local is powered by MRL GP35s Nos. 403... (more)

Passing a rustic ranch, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local climbs the 2.2% mountain grade on this branch to Harrison, Montana, between milepost 5 and 6 on the way up to the service the elevator locat... (more)

Due to two derailments on BNSF's Glasgow Subdivision in Eastern Montana, a handful of intermodal trains were detoured via the MRL to get to the West Coast. BNSF's Logistics Park, IL to Tacoma, WA ... (more)

East of Toston, Montana, westbound Montana Rail Link MLAUMIS snakes through Lombard Canyon on June 25, 2015.

A beautiful morning greets Montana Rail Link’s Helena local as it curves through Lombard, Montana, on June 26, 2015. Two EMD SD70ACes power the train past the abandoned Milwaukee Road Pacific Ex... (more)

SP 4449 makes her way through former Great Northern territory under beautiful blue skies on a holiday weekend en route to points East.