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)

Helpers on the rear of the "LM" going up the grade to Muir. MRL has always been a huge draw, dotted with more than numerous photographers over the past year, documenting the famous blue... (more)

Unsure if its all the time, but the week we were out here, the Bozeman Pass is alittle different in operations than Mullan Pass. Mullan seems mainly 4 helpers mid-train and shove. Over Bozeman som... (more)

The Laurel to Missoula freight has 117 cars in tow as they crawl their way west on the 2nd Sub. The train fights gravity as they approach Winston on this 1% grade. The train is short on time and w... (more)

The Laurel to Missoula road freight is trying to get up to speed after leaving Toston siding following a coal train after meeting 1. The train rolls along between highway 287 and the Missouri Rive... (more)

A coal train is trying to get up to speed after leaving Toston siding following meeting 1. The train rolls along between highway 287 and the Missouri River. Helena is the next crew change point fo... (more)

Evening in the mountains can be so cool. The sun has set on the day as westbound trains wait at Helena to head west towards Missoula. The LM is one of those trains, but wouldn't leave for another ... (more)

One of BNSF "sticker" units heads up this empty coal from Robert Bank, BC, to Spring Creek Mine, WY. The train cutoff here, west of Townsend, so they could setout a motor at the west end... (more)

An empty "super" grain works upgrade towards Bozeman Pass. The train passes thru Bozeman proper after sunrise. The train passes the abandoned NP built 1891 depot. In the later 1920s the... (more)

An MRL Whitehall Extra crew has a train of stored coal hoppers and intermodal well cars in tow as they descend Bozeman Pass and cross the Flynn Creek fill on the way towards Livingston, Montana. T... (more)

A pair of Montana Rail Link SD70ACe's lay the hammer down as they approach Arlee, Montana with the MRL Day Gas job in tow. The train of tank cars kick up the fresh snow from the night before as th... (more)

The weather on Monday for the Laurel to Bozeman Local wasn't too great. Pockets of sunlight came and went. We lucked out on Bozeman Pass as the sun came out for a brief moment as the train hammers... (more)

The 5 days a week Laurel to Bozeman and back local is about to their turning spot. The train is dropping off Bozeman Pass and a couple miles from Bozeman. The last rays of sunlight are trying to c... (more)