MRL LAUBOZ is heading West towards Bozeman after passing through the town of Columbus.

An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe stack train is led by Santa Fe GE C44-9W No. 665 as it approaches Bison, Montana, while crossing Marias Pass on June 5, 2002.

The invigorating scent of pines and exhilarating freshness of the air here, at the edge of Glacier National Park, accompanies the sight and sound of an approaching eastbound. Beginning its ascent ... (more)

On a crystal clear and icy cold March 3, 1989, a Burlington Northern freight heads east at Grizzly, Montana, beneath the jagged snow-covered peaks of Glacier National Park. The train is led by BN ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest freight, called the LM, crosses the Blackfoot River at Bonner, Montana, on October 7, 2005. Three MRL EMDs power the train—F45 No. 390, SD40 No.... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 392 faces brand new EMD SD70ACe No. 4300 at the railroad’s locomotive facility at Helena, Montana, on October 8, 2005. MRL No. 4300 is only a month old, and F45 No.... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local begins the trip up the branch to Harrison at Sappington, Montana, on October 4, 2022. On the rear of the train is former Northern Pacific observation car No. 391 th... (more)

Canting to the curves in the Flathead River valley and just eluding the lengthening shadows of an early autumn afternoon, BNSF 5167 is approaching Belton, MT at a familiar but nevertheless attract... (more)

Edging the mountains of Glacier National Park is a trio of Burlington Northern Santa Fe GE C44-9Ws leading a westbound BNSF stack train that is climbing over Marias Pass at Marias, Montana, on Jun... (more)

A Heritage I Dash9 leads an eastbound manifest with Boeing airplane part empties on the head end, negotiating the tight curve at Austin, MT on the railroads' precipitous drop from Mullan Pass. The... (more)

Chasing its own reflection in the mirror-like surface of the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon is a westbound BNSF unit coal train passing over the west switch of Lombard on the afternoon of Septem... (more)

MRL 404 leads the Bozeman Local east towards the summit. The local will stop for a westbound to pass at Muir before it continues to Livingston.

October 1, 2022, dawned rainy and cool in Townsend, Montana, along Montana Rail Link’s grade over Winston Hill on the Second Subdivision. Might as well stay warm and dry in our Vrbo accommodatio... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD SD40-2XR No. 264 and EMD GP9 No. 109 power a short MRL Helena local out of Townsend, Montana, on the afternoon of September 30, 2022.

A Montana Rail Link empty ballast train heads upgrade to the loader at Spire Rock at Pipestone, Montana, on October 3, 2022. This train is operating on a portion of the old Northern Pacific main l... (more)