MRL 4313 in charge of the LM (Laurel - Missoula) has arrived at Logan,Mt to do some work while a couple of railfans look on.

A pair of Montana Rail Link SD40-2XR's lead a short LAUBOZ freight as they emerge from the tunnel at the summit of Bozeman Pass in West End, Montana and begins its descent towards Bozeman in golde... (more)

The MRL day gas local running on the Fourth Subdivision along the Clark Fork east of Thompson Falls.

Westbound symbol HDILLAU waits at E. Laural.

A Montana morning unfolds on a Northbound BNSF SD 70ACe no, 9116 rolls along the rich grasses of the Clark Fork River with a load of Coal.

It's a busy evening in Winston, Montana at the siding near the top of the grade on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision. With the MRL's Helena Local and an eastbound manifest freight both pulled in... (more)

On a beautiful Montana morning, BNSF AC4400CW no. 6009 with BNSF SD70MaAC no 9597 taking the middle position rolls its string of coal cars westbound along the Clark Fork River. .

MRL's freight from Missoula to Laurel rolls east along the Yellowstone River. 2022 saw damaging flooding along the Yellowstone from the park through south central Montana. Above the 4306 is a shed... (more)

It’s a rainy day at Montana Rail Link’s Helena Roundhouse, as MRL Machinist Kevin Leonard takes a call as he reflects on what these new EMD locomotives will mean to his job after changing the ... (more)

Montana Rail Link SD40 204 leads a BN coal train over the MRL.

Montana Rail Link’s 840 local departs Trident, Montana, on September 21, 2008. In the background on the other side of the Missouri River is the empty, abandoned grade of Milwaukee Road’s Pacif... (more)

A pair of BNSF EMD SD70MACs lead a BNSF coal train westbound over the Clark Fork between Thompson Falls and Belknap, Montana, on September 11, 2010.

My, what big radiators you have
With all of the added emission restrictions over the last couple of decades, the cooling capabilities of modern locomotives demand larger radiators, culm... (more)

Montana Rail Link SD45 No. 346 has some work done in the running repair shop at the railroad’s Livingston Shop on May 7, 2012. MRL 346 was built by EMD in May 1970 as a high-nose Norfolk & Weste... (more)

After waiting several hours for a train, I was rewarded with this five locomotive consist just below the Toston dam on the Missouri River. A few miles to the west, those extra locomotives will be... (more)