An eastbound intermodal train crosses the Two Medicine River just outside of Glacier National Park on July 16, 2022.

MRL 403 is bringing the Local down to Harrison.

A westbound BNSF unit coal train climbs 1.8 percent grade of Montana Rail Link’s main line over Bozeman Pass after departing Livingston, Montana, on June 23, 2020.

A westbound BNSF coal train slowly grinds upgrade on Winston Hill between Townsend and Winston, Montana, on July 7, 2021. A brief storm has passed, allowing the afternoon sun to illuminate the sce... (more)

The sun has just broken through the clouds as Montana Rail Link's Helena Local returns to Helena, Montana, rolling past overhead BNSF trains staged for the journey west over Mullan Pass. The local... (more)

MRL 4408 is leading the Eastbound Morning Gas Train on the 10th Subdivision.

BNSF 5280 is in charge of this BNSF coal train headed westbound at Sunset.

MRL Ballast Train is seen moving East headed for Logan with a final destination of Helena.

Lombard has always been on my list of places to visit and this year I finally made it. I didnt have a ton of luck with MRL action but did catch a few trains. In this shot BNSF 4209 leads an Eastbo... (more)

Lombard has always been on my list of places to visit and this year I finally made it. I didnt have a ton of luck with MRL action but did catch a few trains. In this shot BNSF 4209 leads an Eastbo... (more)

Two BNSF trains meet of Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, on July 4, 2021. With am extended Austin siding now just over four mile long, both trains stay on the move through Iron Ridge cut betwe... (more)

On February 8, 2021, on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision that stretches between Missoula and Sandpoint Junction, Idaho, a westbound BNSF grain train traverses a snowy Clark Fork Valley at ... (more)

The morning eastbound Gas Local with SD70ACe No. 4408 leading passes through Mc Donald Montana.

A BNSF coal train climbing Montana’s Winston Hill past milepost 216 is about to meet an eastbound BNSF grain empty in the siding at Winston on the afternoon of June 25, 2019.

BNSF EMD SD70ACe No. 9116 leads an eastbound manifest freight downgrade on Mullan Pass out of Weed, Montana, and is approaching large Iron Ridge cut on the morning of June 30, 2022.