Montana Rail Link's train LM powered by a pair of SD70ACes splits vintage target signals on their mainline west of Big Timber, MT on a brisk November day. It seems not that long ago that the goal ... (more)

Montana Rail Link's daily LM (Laurel-Missoula) manifest freight cruises along the Yellowstone River towards Livingston, MT. The train seems to draw little attention from a couple of deer feeding i... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Laurel-Missoula manifest bends around a curve and through a pair of target signals west of Big Timber, MT. The SD70ACes are in typical MRL show room condition as the train race... (more)

The hottest train on the railroad. - You know it's hot when it's got foreign power (UP) on a foreign railroad (MRL) and only two cars behind. This was a "J" train special out of Fort Worth,... (more)

Over 8,000 feet of manifest works East with a trio of BNSF-leased SD45's, under the watch of the impressive Absaroka Mountains on a beautiful October morning.

A pair of MRL SD45-2s lead a manifest westbound between two Northern Pacific era signals just west of Big Timber on the Second Sub. This was the only train we saw with a pair of these gems during ... (more)

The engineer of the BNSF 7634 West keeps the hammer down West of Big Timber on MRL's 2nd Subdivision with a detouring stack train in tow. Intermodal can be found on the MRL at times, typically due... (more)

Montana Rail Link SD45's 318, 351, and 382 roar Eastbound, leaving the Crazy Mountains behind, and charges into the first rays of sunlight near Big Timber, Montana with BNSF's Spokane, Washington ... (more)

On a warm summer afternoon, MRL F45 #390 heads the daily MISLAU manifest on the final leg of eastward travel towards Laurel, MT along the Yellowstone River Valley east of Big Timber, MT.

An empty Boardman coal train races East at track speed and through Big Timber on a gorgeous Winter morning.

A pair of GP50s sandwich a trio of cabless GEs as BN train 196 rolls east near Big Timber on the MRL. The Crazy Mountains provide a nice backdrop while the irrigated field complements BN's Cascade... (more)

Granite Peak, part of the Absaroka Mountain Range, stands tall in the background as a BNSF manifest from Pasco,WA to Laurel,MT has just left Big Timber, MT eastbound 10/17/11.

A pair of warbonnets lead a train into the rising sun at Big Timber on the MRL.

MRL's first two SD70ACes are making their maiden westbound run on Laurel-Missoula manifest. Just a few minutes of sunshine remain as the train rolls up the Yellowstone River Valley west of Big Ti... (more)

MRL F45 390 leads the M-L eastward away from the Crazy Mountains near Big Timber, MT.