Battling Bozeman Pass: Under threatening storm skies, the Spokane to Laurel manifest with four SD45's and a SD45-2XR battle their way up Bozeman Pass.

The top of Bozeman Pass is near, and the downhill descent will begin shortly thereafter, but until then, 60 cylinders of ex-SP SD45 heaven scream uphill, making a mere 11mph, even with the assista... (more)

Roaring through the calm dusk air, a trio of SD45's hustle 7500 tons of manifest traffic into the siding at Bozeman to wait for their helper set. Lighting assistance by fellow RP contributor AB(2)... (more)

MRL GP35s 404 and 405 are seen leading the Livingston Local #841 west at West End having just crossed Bozeman Pass - 23/09/2014

Fall colors are peaking in spots as this Spokane-Laurel manifest train heads east out of Bozeman.

MRL called this an "unmanned" helper leading H-KCKSPO out of the west portal on Bozeman Pass. The road crew picked up this set at Livingston and cut it off here at West End for the "... (more)

A lone MRL unit (former CNW SD40 877) eases a work train down Bozeman Pass. The old tunnel portal can be seen on the right, replaced by the Northern Pacific in 1945.

Five units, all facing the same direction, lead a manifest eastbound through Bozeman, Montana on MRL's Second Sub seen from the shoulder of the I-90 Frontage Road. The MRL GP9 is in route to Laure... (more)

A pair of peach-colored Dash-9s lead empty grain hoppers through the siding at the west end of Bozeman Pass. The train stopped just short of clearing a nearby farmer's crossing to allow westbound ... (more)

Late evening sun lights up a westbound loaded coal train coasting down the last of the grade of Bozeman Pass on Montana Rail Link's Second Sub.

A pair of Boeing 737 fuselages take a ride west over Bozeman Pass.

MRL local 841 glides over the summit of Bozeman Pass. The original NP tunnel can be seen on the right.

An unusual consist with MRL SD70ACe 4403/4402 and GP35 406/403 on the westside of Bozeman pass. The long mixed is next entering the city limits of Bozeman. The GP35 are used later for the Motive P... (more)

A number of these army vehicles were on the head end of this BNSF (MRL) westbound exiting the tunnel at the summit of Bozeman Pass.

On a crisp morning a Loram rail grinder lights up the west slope of MRL's Bozeman Pass just before dawn. The grinder is moving west and the track still steams where it had just passed over.