This Montana Rail Link crane was working to the west of Skyline and is seen here returning to Helena.

Three sets of Montana Rail Link helpers slowly make their way back downhill at Skyline. The cattle in the picture were standing on the tracks at the end of the siding. 2500 tons of locomotive ha... (more)

The lead units of a westbound coal train pass over the Skyline trestle.

Montana Rail Link helpers slowly moving back downhill to Helena. This photo is taken from Austin Road at the Skyline trestle.

Coming off the Greenhorn trestle, this train is incredibly loud as they pour it on at Skyline siding.

Shortly before the sun would begin to slip behind the mountains, Montana Rail Link’s eastbound Missoula to Laurel manifest drops down the east slope of Mullan Pass as it crosses Skyline Trestle ... (more)

Last Light at Skyline Cut.... A coal train makes a dramatic last light appearance screaming upgrade at Skyline, Montana. The dramatic rock outcroppings between Skyline Siding and Skyline Trestle ... (more)

2 MRL SD70ACe's lift a light Laurel, MT-Missoula, MT manifest up 2.2% grade of Mullan Pass. In a mile the train will duck into Blossburg Tunnel and cross under the Continental Divide.

A heavy BNSF coal train grinds through Skyline, Montana, climbing the 2.2% grade up Mullan Pass on Montana Rail Link’s Third Subdivision west of Helena on the morning of June 29, 2017.

A manned helper set of four Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACes are cut into a heavy coal train working up the steep 2.2% grade grade up Mullan Pass west of Helena at Skyline, Montana, on the morning o... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s “Jimbo” work train runs between Weed and Skyline, Montana, while cleaning up scrap material on the railroad’s line over Mullan Pass west of Helena on June 29, 2016. MRL... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal empty curves over Austin Creek Trestle descending Mullan Pass at Skyline, Montana, on the afternoon of June 29, 2017.

A westbound stack train claws at the 2.2% grade across skyline Trestle. This rock out cropping has long been a favorite place to spend a lazy summer afternoon.... You can watch trains here for a ... (more)

Four big DC motors dig into the steep mountain grade at Skyline, MT. The heavy coal load is crossing Skyline Trestle and is less than 1 mile from Blossburg Tunnel.

Climbing Mullan Pass west of Helena and crossing Austin Creek Trestle is a westbound BNSF manifest freight grinding its way up a 2.2% grade through Skyline, Montana, on the afternoon of June 28, 2... (more)