It's about 20 degrees below zero as the sun rises over the mountains and the first rays of light cast a warm glow on the outskirts of Whitehall, Montana. The engineer of the MRL's Whitehall Extra ... (more)
Blue thunder One of the visceral treats of Montana Rail Link’s route over Mullan Pass is listening to a heavy unit grain or coal train assault the hill from a location near the top of... (more)
The Bozeman Local is making a run east today into Livingston with 30 cars. They alternate directions and duties out of Bozeman during the week and I am told they only venture into Livingston once... (more)
April 1 was no joke. With the 4404 bouncing back & forth on the "LM/ML", it would take a great deal of luck to find them...or so I thought. The previous day, the ML got to Laurel at sunr... (more)
A whopping total of ten MRL Aces are represented here....six up front, four on the rear. Two unexpected events brought this together. The LM lost their lead motor after leaving Livingston and clim... (more)