MRL 355 leads the Helena Local up Winston Hill, the sun sets as the 355 rounds the curve as it just about splits the old Searchlight signals. Notice the newer "Vader" Signals waiting on ... (more)

The Day Gas skirts the banks of the Clark Fork River not long after departing Thompson Falls. In the five previous trips I'd taken to the MRL, this was my first time exploring much of the line wes... (more)

MRL 401 crosses the busy W Park St, after finishing up switching R-Y Timber.

MRL 355 blurs past the soon-to-be-replaced searchlights on Winston Hill.

on a warm summer night, MRL 250 descends Bozeman pass.

The last active MRL SD45 leads the Helena Local up hill at Winston at last light.

The MRL Montana City Local has just finished switching Montana City and is heading back towards the mainline to go to Townsend

The Night Gas rolls along the Flathead River on a July evening

The Bozeman Pass Helper set shoves a loaded grain train pass at O'Rea Road. The NS unit and MRL units are in Run 8 struggling up the pass.

The "Night Gas" dodges clouds as it heads over the 797-foot Marent Trestle west of Missoula, Montana on their way up Evaro Hill.

MRL #401 leads the eastbound local on it's once a week run from Bozeman to Livingston as it approaches the summit of Bozeman Pass near West End.

MRL #4402 leads a 3 pack of MRL manned pushers on the rear end of a Robert's Bank, BC export train climbing the east slope of Bozeman Pass.

With a moderate rainstorm rolling over Mullan Pass, Montana Rail Link SD40-2 No. 259 leads a westbound loaded ballast train over Skyline Trestle on a dreary, spring afternoon. Photo taken from Sky... (more)

MRL's "Night Gas" local (Missoula to Thompson Falls, MT turn) cruises west along the Clark Fork River just west of Perma, MT.

After holding in Paradise to meet an empty coal train, Montana Rail Link's night gas races west under the searchlight cantilever in Plains, Montana on a rainy evening and heads towards Thompson Fa... (more)