Heading into the sunset, the deep blue sure looks great when its clean.

The imposing mountains in the background definitely make this a wedge on steroids! 6800 ft of train trail behind the ex C&NW and N&W motors as they still have a long climb ahead of them.

With the imposing Livingston Peak rising in the background, 6800 feet of traffic begins its slow climb over Bozeman Pass with two freshly washed EMD's in charge. The town of Livingston can be seen... (more)

A coal load bound for the soon to be shuttered Boardman Power Plant in Oregon heads into the sunset at Rapids. Rapids was the site of a head on collision during the Northern Pacific days in 1910 I... (more)

Passing the last remaining physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark expedition - Pompeys Pillar out of sight to the left - the Dilworth to Laurel manifest is running ahead of a fast moving storm a... (more)

What is likely one of the last few trains for the Boardman Power Plant in Oregon rumbles into Huntley, just beginning its 900+ mile journey across the MRL. With the power plant closing in early 20... (more)

A unique part of the coal train shuffle in Montana is the wye at Moran Junction. Trains coming off the top line, Forsyth Subdivision (ex NP) normally continue straight onto the MRL. Likewise down ... (more)

Pulled out of helper service, a greasy 4305 leads the 4407 as the ML rips through the Reed Point curves towards Laurel.

Usually running in pairs, GP35's are very rare to see east of Livingston, so seeing a quad set running on the main is basically unheard of. What amounts to the MRL's entire road fleet of GP35's (4... (more)

As sunset makes its arrival, a quad set of consecutively numbered GP35's thunder into Bozeman in the company notch with plenty of tonnage from Logan. A pair of SD45's will arrive under darkness an... (more)

Having left the mountains of the beautiful Gallatin Valley behind them, the Bozeman Local now enters the badlands that sit between Bozeman and Butte. With Logan just around the corner, they will g... (more)

On a beautiful winter morning an empty grain snakes around the curves following the Twin Bridges.

Its a busy day at Potlach Deltic, and the atmosphere is similar to what I imagine the Milwaukee Road days were like... gloomy, drizzle, industrial trackage worn and water logged but still serving ... (more)

The Livingston Local no longer works out of its namesake, with all major Gallatin Valley customers located in Bozeman or west, the job now is based out of there. Last winter however, with power fa... (more)

To me, the most frustrating part of the CBRW is just outside of Connell, in the Columbia River Basin. The terrain is rugged and interesting for maybe a mile or two as they climb the steep grade ou... (more)