MRL's 841 local drifts downgrade for Bozeman after waiting for MoW to clear up at the bottom of the hill.

MRL's LM manifest emerges from Bozeman Pass's Summit tunnel on a gorgeous Spring evening.

After 20+ hours of driving from Michigan to Montana, myself and fellow photographer Michael Nowakowski finally made it to Montana. Rather than go to our hotel in Missoula immediately, we made stop... (more)

MRL's ML heads east over Bozeman Pass with the typical blue power assisted by some BNSF units.

BNSF 5967 lead a pair of EMDSD70ACes on the point of an eastbound manifest freight on Montana Rail Link as it nears the top of Bozeman Hill. The train will soon descend into Livingston, MT and two... (more)

MRL 4404 and 4405 provide manned helper service to an eastbound manifest freight cresting Bozeman Hill and starting its descent into Livingston, MT. The original portal is above the 4405. The help... (more)

MRL local 841 eases into the siding at Bozeman to meet four BNSF trackage right westbounds. A bit of a time machine can be found here between the GP35s and the searchlight signal installations.

After chasing the LM up Bozeman Pass, we heard the dispatcher tell them they'd meet one at the top, then we heard the dispatcher tell the Laurel-Pasco train behind them they'd meet the train at Mu... (more)

BNSF's South Seattle-Chicago Z train heads east across MRL, in wonderful 5 degF temperatures. Quite the contrast to to the day where I had started in south Texas in the low 70's.

An eastbound consist of empties crests one of the many hogbacks of MRL's 2nd Subdivision on its way toward Bozeman.

Happy St. Patrick's Day from the state of Montana and the Burlington Northern Railroad! Seven Cascade Green EMDs lead a mixed freight through Trail Creek on Bozeman Pass the afternoon of May 25, 1... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2 No. 7919, GE B30-7AB No. 4020, and EMD GP9 No. 1729 pull eastbound tonnage up Bozeman Pass at Trail Creek, Montana on May 26, 1986.

The hottest train on the railroad. - You know it's hot when it's got foreign power (UP) on a foreign railroad (MRL) and only two cars behind. This was a "J" train special out of Fort Worth,... (more)

A fun mix of EMD and GE, four and six axle units pull a Burlington Northern mixed freight east out of Bozeman, Montana on May 25, 1986. The two girder bridges in the background once carried the ra... (more)

Seven Cascade Green Burlington Northern EMDs lead a mixed freight down Bozeman Pass on May 25, 1986. By the following year, this former Northern Pacific route will be run by the Montana Rail Link.