MRL's daily night gas local moves along the banks of the Flathead River between Dixon and Perma on the railroad's Tenth Sub. Both the river and the Tenth Sub end at Paradise, where the Clark Fork ... (more)

Descending Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, is Montana Rail Link’s ML (Missoula to Laurel manifest freight) at Austin on September 12, 2002.

Orange and blue work together as a BNSF empty grain shuttle rolls east behind BNSF 3888, two more Gas and a pair of MRL ACes. This train is operating on Montana Rail Link heading upstream in the C... (more)

From the old, unused Highway overpass at mile 44.6 near Bradley, a westbound BNSF Boeing special flies by at this location on Montana Rail Link’s Third Subdivision main line between Avon and Gar... (more)

Paralleling BNSFs Copper City mainline, the Butte Anaconda & Pacific sees similar seldom volume, but has an upgrade for power with two very unique GP9s still operational. Heres one of the two, alo... (more)

Five Montana Rail Link EMD six-axle locomotives, used as a helper set on Bozeman Pass, head downgrade back to Livingston glinting the setting sun on October 10, 2005. Westbound trains get plenty o... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local switches on the Thompson River Lumber lead at Woodlin east of Thompson Falls, Montana, on a frigid and snowy February 7, 2014.

A relaxing afternoon along the Montana’s Clark Fork at Trout Creek sees one last train before nightfall sets in on October 2, 2013, as an eastbound BNSF coal train trundles by.

With a BNSF Dash 9 leading three EMD's, a loaded westbound coal train cruises across the Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision on a snowy spring day. The train is crossing over the Yellowstone River... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD SD19-1 No. 651, a prototype rebuild of a SD9 from MRL’s Livingston Shop, rests at Paradise, Montana, after a week of work on the Paradise local on September 22, 2006. A cle... (more)

A pair of BNSF GE's bring up the rear as DPU's on a BNSF manifest and intermodal freight making its way east over Montana Rail Link's 3rd Subdivision. Holding in the siding at Bearmouth, Montana i... (more)

BNSF 8482 leads a grain train through Weeksville, MT approaching Loys Ln road crossing

A trio of EMD's operating in the Montana Rail Link's Livingston helper pool are on the rear of an eastbound manifest freight and are in the early stretch of the ascent of Bozeman Pass. The train i... (more)

With the collapse of Montana Rail Link’s Yellowstone River Bridge near Reed Point under the weight of MLAUMIS on June 24, 2023, and the subsequent severing of a busy main line, MRL and BNSF had ... (more)

The old Dixon, Montana, depot still stood on September 15, 2010, as an eastbound BNSF coal empty meets the westbound Montana Rail Link night gas local at Dixon siding. Meets are somewhat unusual o... (more)