Montana Rail Link GP9 No. 109 peaks through an empty log flat while switching Thompson River Lumber east of Thompson Falls, Montana, on January 20, 2013. The crew is ready to head back to Paradise... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local heads for Thompson River Lumber at Thompson Falls, west of Eddy, Montana, on September 23, 2009. EMD GP9 Nos. 113 and 127 power the short 5-car train.

Traveling along the frozen Clark Fork, Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local passes through Woodlin, Montana, on February 7, 2014. The local will switch customers on the Thompson River Lumber Lead ... (more)

Start the day right - This has meant that monday to catch the two GP9's - the motive power for the Paradise local - on their starting and warming up phase. #127 is freshly painted with the meatbal... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local arrives in St. Regis, Montana, to run around its train and head back to Paradise on September 13, 2011. A pair of venerable EMD GP9s power the train; Nos. 113 ... (more)

Crossing the Clark Fork Bridge at Paradise, Montana, on the morning of May 3, 2012, Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local departs for St. Regis laying down a puff of blue smoke as it accelerated ou... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local crosses the Clark Fork at Paradise, Montana, on September 13, 2011. Powering the train today are two EMD GP9s, Nos. 113 and 127, heading eastbound to switch Tr... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local curves along the Clark Fork between Eddy and Thompson Falls, Montana, on September 15, 2011. Two vintage EMDs power the westbound train; MRL GP9s Nos. 120 and ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local accelerates out of Toole siding after meeting a westbound BNSF freight and heads for St. Regis, Montana, on September 25, 2013.

Start the day right
Just after a crew member of Montana Rail link’s Paradise Local started up the two GP9s, smoke from the warming machines puffs into the cloud leaden sky at Paradise... (more)

Tied down for the day.