A BNSF empty coal train heads east at Jens, MT with assistance from an MRL SD40 & SD45, passing the often photographed barn at the curve west of Jens siding.
Welcome to Paradise!. For a moment it's all Montana Rail Link as the local power watches the afternoon gas train roll west toward Thompson Falls. These were the only regular MRL equipped assignmen... (more)
AMTK 408 gets a refill of fuel and water at its La Crosse, WI stop with train 18, the North Coast Hiawatha. Soon it will be on its way to Milwaukee and Chicago, having originated in Seattle, WA. N... (more)
Amtrak E9s 405, 451, and 406 await their next run at BN's Harrison St. shops in July 1973. The units were acquired from Milwaukee Road and assigned to the North Coast Hiawatha. They were MILW 30A,... (more)
Amtrak train 17, the North Coast Hiawatha races toward St. Paul between Milwaukee Road's Pigs Eye Yard and BN's Dayton's Bluff yard. One of Amtrak's nicer efforts, the train featured a dome coach,... (more)