Empty UP and BNSF trains pass each other at Caballo Jct. near the northern end of the Powder River Basin joint track.

A northbound manifest climbs through the great plains of central Montana on the BNSF Laurel Sub at daybreak.

It's a busy morning on the Black Hills Sub as an empty coal train hustles past a pair of eastbound loads. In the distance the head end of the empty can be seen meeting the head end of the second l... (more)

An empty train in export coal service with CP and CN power is descending into the Powder River Valley on the BNSF Big Horn Sub.

MRL has built a unique but very railroady control cab for its transfer table at the Livingston backshop.

Coal loads grind up Parkman Hill at little more than walking speed. Besides the two ACes on the point there is a DPU and a helper set pushing on the rear. Parkman is at the northern edge of Wyomin... (more)

Rozet Yard is busy around the clock as a gateway to the Powder River Basin. Early on a Saturday the conductor of an eastbound loaded coal train gives a roll-by inspection of an arriving empty coal... (more)

The steep grade of the branch up to Harrison is evident in the construction of this piling trestle a few miles north of town.

An eastbound manifest rolls out of Missoula Yard past the Bonner Local with BNSF 4940 pushing on the rear. Missoula's classic Northern Pacific depot is visible in the distance south of the yard.

An eastbound empty oil train crests the continental divide at Marias Pass. The grandeur of Glacier National Park stretches out into the distance.

A westbound manifest on the MRL 4th Sub crosses Trout Creek while reflected in a placid Noxon Reservoir.

A pair of venerable SD70MACs leading a westbound coal load wait their turn to depart Missoula and head west over the MRL.

A four motor GE pushes on the rear of an empty coal train as it makes the run up the west side of Mullan Pass. This unique model tends to blend in with the sea of other GE widecabs roaming the rai... (more)

A set of helper power has the green light at the south end of Ulm siding on BNSF's Big Horn Sub. It's headed back to Gillette, Wyoming on this fine summer evening. The "helperlink" device that ena... (more)

This set of new SD30C "ECO"s has been regularly working the ex-DM&E route between Waseca and Winona. Here they are westbound approaching Havana, MN just outside Owatonna.