MRL Laurel to Bozeman is exiting the Tunnel at the top of the grade on Bozeman Pass.

MRL's Laurel to Bozeman turn is heading into Big Timber on an August Evening. They are running under a minute behind the night priors LAUBOZ but will lose time in the Livingston Area.

Montana’s Horse Gulch fire, first reported earlier this day north of Canyon Ferry Lake, continues to grow and begins to lay down smoke to the west as sunset nears on July 9, 2024. Nearby on the ... (more)

Six months after BNSF reclaimed Montana Rail Link, the Helena local still looked like the train of a recent blue past. On July 9, 2024, the local is powered with MRL SD40-2XR No. 262 leading vener... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD SD40-2XR No. 262 powers a MRL “Jimbo” work train through East Helena, Montana, moments after departing Helena Yard on October 16, 2023.

MRL 262 leads the LAUBOZ on an August evening. Now nearing Big Timber they have a straight shot without opposing traffic until Livingston. Time will tell what happens to this local after BNSF take... (more)

MRL LAUBOZ is heading West towards Bozeman after passing through the town of Columbus.

MRL 262 leads the LAUBOZ up Bozeman Pass on a warm August Evening.

MRL LAUBOZ crosses the Yellowstone River in Reed Point, MT with a trio of SD40’s.

Sunset light glints off the shiny face of an MRL SD40, as it leads the Bozeman Bullet into its namesake.

With both units in notch 8, the LAUBOZ climbs Bozeman pass. A thunderstorm can be seen over the distant mountains in the background.

Montana Rail Link’s Helena switch sprints across the Missouri River as it departs Townsend, Montana, on July 3, 2018. During 2017-2019, this “local” out of Helena switched the cement plant a... (more)

Passing the last remaining physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark expedition - Pompeys Pillar out of sight to the left - the Dilworth to Laurel manifest is running ahead of a fast moving storm a... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena switch works upgrade into Winston, Montana, on the morning of July 5, 2018. This is the “local” out of Helena that switches the cement plant and RY Timber at Towns... (more)

Thundering right along on the approach to Big Timber, a massive derailment would find this train tied down in Livingston for the next 48 hours.