MRL SD70ACes 4404 and 4310 lead a very decent sized 126 car "ML" eastward on the 3rd Sub approaching Blossburg.

MRL's "ML" departs the siding at Elliston after getting a 4-pack of Helpers added on the rear.

MRL SD70ACe 4405 heads into the final sunrays of the day, approaching the terminal at Pipeline with 1 buffer and 14 tank cars.

The Night Gas heads into the siding at Plains to drop off 3 loads of ballast.

MRL SD70ACes 4405 and 4408 head west towards Pipeline with 15 cars.

The Night Gas heads down the main track at Dixon.

MRL SD70ACe 4405 leads the Night Gas west at Ravalli.

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest freight, called the LM back then, arrives at Montana, Montana, on October 7, 2005. Three MRL EMDs power the train—F45 No. 390, SD40 No. 215 and ... (more)

The 2,500 horsepower EMD SD35 can easily be identified by two large radiator fans with a small fan between, same as on a GP35. On October 10, 2005, Montana Rail Link SD35 No. 702 is assigned to th... (more)

Great Northern EMD NW3 No. 181 makes a great display in the parking lot of the station at Whitefish, Montana, as seen on September 6, 1999. Only seven NW3 locomotives were built by EMD, all going ... (more)

Maintenance-of-way is done for the day and has all their equipment into the short house track at Lombard siding—and now traffic is moving again in Montana’s Lombard Canyon on June 17, 2014. A ... (more)

MRL's Day Gas local heads eastbound through the small village of Perma, MT along the Tenth Sub. The Thank You Veterans unit is in the trailing position.

On the afternoon of June 17, 2014, another BNSF coal empty slinks through the curves of Lombard Canyon just west of Lombard, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision main line.

A trio of orange units lead a loaded coal train across the Austin Creek Trestle at Skyline, deep in Mullan Pass on Montana Rail Link's Third Sub. This was the first train routed over Mullan after ... (more)

The winter in Montana is good for two things; eradicating mosquitoes and keeping visitors away. The summer saw unprecedented hordes of people visit the MRL, with almost every blue movement covered... (more)