The Bozeman Bullet (M-LAULAU) is in full throttle up Bozeman Pass as they carry a short train towards Bozeman in the late afternoon.

MRL 250 is leading the Laurel to Bozeman Turn as it races out of Big Timber. The following week, the LAULAU would be abolished and now all the traffic gets picked up and dropped off via the ML and... (more)

MRL 250 blasts out of Bozeman tunnel.

The Bozeman Bullet is heading into Bozeman with 18 cars. The classic SD40s up front made this a great train for chasing.

MRL 250 exits Bozeman tunnel on a a fine summer evening.

An MRL SD40-2 sitting in a siding with a work train.

With the blue hour descending upon the valley and lightly falling snow filling the air, Montana Rail Link's Helena Local cruises up the hill as it splits the searchlights signals outside Winston, ... (more)

MRL's Bozeman Bullet knocks down some old Searchlights on its return trip back to Laurel under a beautiful Sunset

After meeting a loaded grain train at Muir, MRL 250 descends the east slope of Bozeman Pass.

on a warm summer night, MRL 250 descends Bozeman pass.

SD45's and searchlight signals... as modern as the Northern Pacific ever got, still alive in 2022...

The Laurel-Bozeman turn is just barely outside of Laurel, where it will get thrown into a siding until after dark. One of the few original SD40-2's on the MRL roster leads one of the few 20 cylind... (more)

When thinking of legendary railroad towns, one thinks of Proctor, MN and the DM&IR. Cheyenne, WY and the Union Pacific. Among that list, one must include Livingston, MT and the Northern Pacific. I... (more)

The Gallatin Rocket rips through a river curve with a neat set of clouds high above. Leading this train is the rarely shot MRL 250, THE MRL locomotive. On October 31st, 1987, on the eve of MRL own... (more)

MRL 250 ready to depart back to Helena after switching at Montana City.