Detoured doublestacks cross the Yellowstone River, at the well known location as Twin Bridges.

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local rolls across the Clark Fork River near Donlan, Montana. The local, with a pair of GP9s, is heading back to Paradise, and on to Thompson River Lumber near Thomp... (more)

A westbound BNSF grain train crosses over Montana Rail Link's Bridge 50 west of Childs, Montana.

A Mission Mountain Railroad: local works its way north on the afternoon of June 22, 2012. After living in the Flathead Valley for more than a year, I've chased the Mission Mountain a good n... (more)

A westbound BNSF grain train rolls across a small bridge at Tuscor, Montana, on a beautiful May morning. This is Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivision

A rare occurrence where an over and under of two trains was possible on the Montana Rail Link happened for a relatively short period of time in 2009. The track that SD40-2XR no. 263 is on was rebu... (more)

A fairly healthy cut of cars on the Polson Local required a third unit to get the train over the road. Unfortunately I don't believe the MRL is running on this branch any longer and quite possibly... (more)

BNSF 4638 leads an eastbound manifest out of Billings as it crosses a river on the eat side of town.

Train 262 is eastbound with Joe E20 on the point. They are approaching Alberton, MT for a crew change.

Little Joe E20 is westbound over high steel at Cyr, MT in early spring of 1971.

The returning Helena Local begins the westbound climb of Winston Hill after crossing the Missouri River just outside Townsend, Montana. This local works to Logan and then west up the 5th Sub to e... (more)

With all of the recent photos of 4449 I thought I would toss in a picture of the last time I saw 4449. Seen here crossing Trout Lake on the MRL. A few minutes before the train arrived a boater cre... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Polson Local with MRL GP9s 127 and 113 crossing Mission Creek at Moiese, MT.

Westbound Night Gas Local with MRL SD45-2s 355, 331, and 382 at Ravalli, MT on MRL's 10th Sub.

A pair of BNSF EMDs serve a DPU power on the rear of a westbound coal train as it travels across Montana Rail Link's 4th Sub near Cyr, Montana. Fish Creek Trestle was the site of a Northern Pacifi... (more)