A loaded westbound unit tank rolls through Muir on the main for a meet with an empty eastbound grainer. The DPU is pushing out of the siding in the background after the meet.

A westbound loaded unit grainer headed for the west coast, rounds along Yellowstone River east of Livingston.

Three sets of Montana Rail Link helpers slowly make their way back downhill at Skyline. The cattle in the picture were standing on the tracks at the end of the siding. 2500 tons of locomotive ha... (more)

On a crisp, early autumn day, a trio of Montana Rail Link SD45s power a BNSF freight westbound into Algoma, Idaho, only moments after crossing the bridge over Lake Pend Oreille from Sandpoint, on ... (more)

As the Night Gas rolls into Plains for a meet at the end of a perfect MT day, astute observers will notice MRL log cars on the head end. MRL log flats are making a comeback after the majority of t... (more)

A westbound BNSF manifest freight train curves along the Missouri River past the townsite of Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 30, 2018. The train passing under the abandoned right-of-way... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Missoula to Laurel manifest freight passes the old stock pens and loaders at Toston, Montana, on July 1, 2018. The rustic facility has dual loading shoots that appear to be s... (more)

With their on line work done in pretty good time, the ML is taking advantage of the short train as they blast out of Livingston at track speed headed for Laurel.

Moments away from an impending storm, the excellent trio has the LM at track speed at they approach Big Timber.

An eastbound BNSF freight passes Toston Dam on the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, on the sunny afternoon of June 27, 2016. Behind the locomotives carrying three differen... (more)

A rainbow of locomotives power BNSF’s Pasco to Kansas City freight west of Avon, Montana, at 11:10 a.m. on September 12, 2010. Powering the 80-car train eastbound toward a climb over Mullan Pass... (more)

An eastbound BNSF freight passes the abandoned Milwaukee Road’s Pacific Extension bridge over the Missouri River and begins passage through the girder bridge spanning Sixteen Mile Creek at Lomba... (more)

An eastbound freight led by Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2 No. 7880 thunders through the Northern Pacific vintage semaphores at East St. Regis, Montana, on September 12, 1998.

On a crystal clear September 21, 2009, Montana Rail Link’s Missoula to Laurel manifest freight curves through the heart of Montana’s Lombard Canyon just west of the ghost town of Lombard.

Westbound BN grain train climbing Mullen Pass.