Framed by a wood fence, Montana Rail Link GP35 No. 403 on the 844 local switches the Imerys talc plant at Three Forks, Montana, on October 1, 2013.
Below a very large cliffside cave, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local is passing Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park through scenic Jefferson River Canyon on September 17, 2012. EMD GP35 No. 403 is ha... (more)
Montana Rail Link’s 844 local traveled to Whitehall, Montana, on October 1, 2013, to drop off a BNSF hopper and pick up two empties spotted on the wye. A view below the hopper doors of one of th... (more)
After switching the tank car facility at Logan, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local, powered by GP35 No. 403, returns to the Fifth Subdivision main line. The rest of the local’s train rests on the m... (more)
Montana Rail Link's 844 local climbs the 2.2 percent grade through Big Antelope Creek Canyon at milepost 3 south of Sappington, Montana, on MRL's Sixth Subdivision branch line to Harrison. Pulling... (more)
On May 17, 2013, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local reaches the end of the 9.5-mile branch at Harrison as two horses on the north side of town seem more interested in eating and what these photograph... (more)
An unique operation on Montana Rail Link’s 9.5-mile Harrison branch is that the local has to go through four cattle gates twice on each round trip. The train has to stop, with the crew unlocking... (more)
Climbing the 2.2 percent mountain grade on the Harrison branch, Montana Rail Link No. 403 emits a little smoke with three cars as it approaches milepost 6 north of Harrison, Montana, on May 17, 20... (more)
Montana Rail Link’s No. 844, the Logan local, works upgrade on the Harrison Branch on May 7, 2012. Former Rio Grande GP35, now MRL No. 405, leads five covered hoppers in a view from the cupola o... (more)
Montana Rail Link’s train No. 844, the Logan local, works up the 2.2 percent grade on the Harrison Branch on May 7, 2012. Short but rugged Big Antelope Creek Canyon is 3 miles north of Sappingto... (more)
MRL GP35 403, SD45-2 311, & SD40-2XR 263 on MRL's 844 Local, leading a 36 car cut of ballast hoppers westward into Jefferson Canyon towards MRL's Pipestone Quarry on MRL's 5th Sub.
