Westbound MRL SD45 trio crossing Fish Creek on a perfect summer afternoon.

A trio of BNSF-leased SD45's skirt the Clark Fork River near Eddy, Mont. with the Kansas City, KS to Spokane, WA high priority manifest in tow.

After running Helena - Missoula under the cover of darkness and sitting at Missoula all morning, the SD45 trio finally gets under way on the Fourth Sub in the early afternoon.

A trio of leased MRL SD45s come off the siding at Muir and take HKCKSPO into the east portal of Bozeman Pass. The tunnel is 3015ft long at an elevation of 5592ft with I94 right on top of it.

Westbound manifest with leased MRL SD45s passes an eastbound oil train at Muir.

Westbound Kansas City - Spokane roars up the bottom of Bozeman Pass with a trio of SD45s.

Westbound Kansas City - Spokane roars up the bottom of Bozeman Pass with a trio of SD45s.

Skirting the Clark Fork River, a trio of MRL SD45's hustle a Westbound manifest into Lothrop - where they'll wait for a few hours due to MOW ahead finishing up the final touches on the Rivulet der... (more)

A trio of BNSF-leased SD45's skirt the Clark Fork River just West of Plains, Mont. with the Kansas City, KS to Spokane, WA high priority manifest in tow.

After picking up two SD40-2XR's to take East, 92 cylinders of EMD 645's hustle a heavy Spokane, WA to Laurel, MT manifest out of Helena moments before sunset.

10,800 horsepower of EMD 20 cylinder goodness roars past the second most famous barn in Montana.

Climbing the 1.8% grade to the top of Bozeman Pass, the MRL SD45 trio meets an Eastbound oil empty at Muir. The 12MPH struggle against gravity will soon be over, in about a mile, the Kansas City, ... (more)

Racing West along the Yellowstone River, three SD45's have the Kansas City, KS to Spokane, WA manifest in tow, sweeping through a s-curve with the Crazy Mountains behind.

Montana Rail Link’s Day Gas Local approaches Eddy, Montana, on September 20, 2012. Electro-Motive Division SD45 (MRL now classes it as a SD45-2) No. 346 is freshly painted in the new paint schem... (more)

The Missoula bound gas local skirts along the thin edge of flat earth between the Clark Fork and steep mountain side as heavy flurries fall even though large pockets of golden sunlight shine into ... (more)