Back when the 11th Sub was more than just a storage line.

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local has just made a trip up the branch to Harrison, and is now dropping down a 2.2% mountain grade toward the Six Subdivision junction at Sappington, in a vast Montana ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s local out of Logan switches the grain elevator at Harrison, Montana, after a trip up the Harrison Branch out of Sappington on September 10, 2011.

Montana Rail Link’s local out of Logan hauls one car up to the grain elevator on the 2.2% grade mountain grade of the Harrison Branch approaching milepost 6 on September 10, 2011.

Powered by GP35 Nos. 406 and 405, a Montana Rail Link local departs Logan, Montana, on the railroad’s Fifth Subdivision main line with one car for the Harrison Branch. In the background is the L... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s local operating out of Logan crosses the Madison River Bridge at Three Forks, Montana, on September 10, 2011. The local has one car for the grain elevator at Harrison, and af... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local drops down the 2.2% mountain grade on the branch to Harrison, Montana, between milepost 6 and 5 on the way back to the Sixth Subdivision switch at Sappington on Jun... (more)

After making a trip up the Harrison Branch, Montana Rail Link’s local out of Logan works light engine through Jefferson River Canyon to Whitehall, Montana, on September 10, 2011.

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local approaches Plains, Montana, along the scenic Clark Fork on September 18, 2006.

Crossing a wood trestle, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local drops down the 2.2% mountain grade on MRL’s branch to Harrison, Montana, on June 22, 2015.

MRL's 844 local heads west toward Whitehall, MT to service a grain industry on the highly scenic 5th Sub via Jefferson River Canyon. The sound of this pair of GP35s echoing off the canyon walls w... (more)

A pair of MRL GP35s lead the 5th Sub local toward Whitehall, passing through rural Cardwell.

MRL's 844 local to Whitehall approaches the Jefferson River which it will follow west through the canyon named after it.

MRL's local to Whitehall has just departed Three Forks and is about to pass through the small hamlet of Willow Creek on the former NP maineline over the now rail-banked Homestake Pass.

MRL's local to Whitehall traverses the Jefferson River Canyon where both the NP and the MILW passed in close proximity to one another. The former MILW right of way can be seen on the opposite ban... (more)