An unique operation on Montana Rail Link’s 9.5-mile Harrison branch is that the local has to go through four cattle gates twice on each round trip. The train has to stop, with the crew unlocking... (more)
Climbing the 2.2 percent mountain grade on the Harrison branch, Montana Rail Link No. 403 emits a little smoke with three cars as it approaches milepost 6 north of Harrison, Montana, on May 17, 20... (more)
The conductor (or assistant engineer) of Montana Rail Link's Harrison Local opens a cattle gate across the tracks of MRL's 6th Subdivision Branch Line near Harrison. Since this is open range witho... (more)
The link that makes a train The coupler of Montana Rail Link caboose No. 1004 rides over the roadbed on one of the many curves on the scenic 10-mile Sixth Subdivision, also known as the... (more)