LAUBOZ heading through the small Montana town of Reed Point on the MRL 2nd Sub. This horse was the only horse that stayed mostly still as the train approached and went by. Much appreciated, horse!

The "Bozeman Bullet" running alongside the Yellowstone River as they move along at track speed for Bozeman. We went for LAUBOZ and got the surprise of with 355 leading as it finally got ... (more)

Dropping downgrade off Winston Hill, Montana Rail Link’s Helena switch leans into a curve approaching Townsend, Montana, with two cars for the lime plant north of town on June 30, 2017. Nice to ... (more)

MRL 355 was, at the time, the last active MRL SD45 left on the Montana Rail Link. Before this week, the MRL 355 was running ballast trains and was sent to Laurel. Thanks to a friend, MRL 355 got p... (more)

A westbound Chicago, IL - Seattle, WA intermodal train emerges from snow shed 8 descending Marias Pass

A westbound BNSF oil train enters the double track at 'Summit'

A westbound BNSF oil train has just exited Mullan Tunnel crossing the continental divide at Blossburg after climbing the ruling 2.2% grade up Mullan Pass

An eastbound BNSF manifest navigates through Lombard Canyon following the Missouri River headwaters

Montana Rail Links Helena Local highballs through Louisville, MT on its way back west to Helena.

A westbound BNSF coal train ducks into the siding at 'Rapids' for a meet with a couple eastbounds

Montana Rail Link Day Gas local in Plains

A westbound mixed train, near Belton

BNSF 6935 and BNSF 3931 are the rear DPUs on a westbound grain train passing through Essex, MT.

Three MRL SD45s lead a westbound manifest heading in for a meet in Big Timber, beneath the Big Sky. Lead unit No. 317 is an ex-SP SD45-2, second unit No. 345 is ex- NW/NS and third unit, No. 375 i... (more)

BNSF 756 East is nearing the summit of Marias Pass with a variety pack of power. The 700 series of Dash9s received the BNSF logo instead of the familiar Santa Fe lettering but lacked a certain piz... (more)