MRL’s “night gas” train heads west over the 10th Sub along the Flathead River, as the mission mountains loom over the train deep in the background haze.

MRL’s “night gas” train heads west over the 10th Sub along the Flathead River, as the mission mountains loom over the train deep in the background haze.

Amazon containers stacked two high extend almost as far as you can see on an eastbound BNSF train cruising along the Clark Fork between Heron and Noxon, Montana, on the afternoon of June 30, 2021.... (more)

A westbound Coal Load lead by BNSF ES44C4 no. 6533 rolls along the Missouri River through Lombard Canyon towards Toston Montana.

Westbound Stacks lead by BNSF ES44DC no. 7735 roll through Lombard Canyon towards Toston Montana.

Rarus Unit. Patriot Rail Corporation's Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway (BAP) 103 (formerly Rarus Railway Company/Butte Anaconda & Pacific 103, GP7, 6/1953) was sitting at Columbia Grain i... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 392 pauses for a portrait at Laurel, Montana, on October 11, 2005. F45 cowl locomotives have a design that likely reducing air resistance, but more importantly, it do... (more)

On the morning of June 16, 2014, a westbound BNSF manifest freight curves its way along the Missouri River in scenic Lombard Canyon between Lombard and Toston, Montana.

An eastbound BNSF coal empty follows the placid backwaters of the Clark Fork between Heron and Noxon, Montana, on July 3, 2022.

MRL 4408 leads the Eastbound Gas Local West of Plains.

Shelby. Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome 313 (WEBX 801044) and former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built dome 549 (WEBX 801045) on the rear of Amtrak Tra... (more)

I have been hesitant to post much MRL stuff this year, mostly due to the fact that the state has been swamped with people all summer and most are probably sick of it by now! It hasn't stopped me f... (more)

On an overcast June morning, Montana Rail Link's Laurel to Missoula manifest freight rolls across the 3rd Sub behind a pair of SD70ACe's as it nears Garrison, Montana after tackling Mullan Pass be... (more)

The BNSF 4718 is the lead unit on the Westbound LAUPAS which is moving past Drummond after waiting for a coal train

Autumn on the Hi Line
On October 8, 2018, a westbound BNSF grain train exits Tunnel 4 and curves along the Middle Fork of the Flathead River just east of West Glacier (Belton), Montana.