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

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)

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.

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 Montana Rail Link SD40-2XR is on the point of a Jimbo Train work extra as it holds the siding in Drummond, Montana and waits for a signal work window to clear on the 3rd Subdivision so it can co... (more)

The "Bozeman Bullet" flies into Livingston behind SD40-2XRs 255 and 250.

MRL SD40-2XR 251 pauses after dropping off some cars in Three Forks.

MRL SD40-2XR 264 cools its heels at Austin, MT in between moves with a Jimbo.

Montana Rail Link EMD SD40-2XR Nos. 252 and 252 power the railroad’s Helena local eastbound out of Trident, Montana, on September 14, 2010.

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.

Montana Rail Link’s Billings Transfer departs Laurel Yard on the morning of October 8, 2023. The train is powered by MRL SD40-2XR Nos. 263 and 259 and has a substantial amount of cars for Billin... (more)

Two Montana Rail Link remote switchers work simultaneously at the east end of MRL’s large yard at Laurel, Montana, on the morning of October 8, 2023. For many years, former cabooses carried remo... (more)

A westbound Montana Rail Link “Jimbo” work train, powered by MRL EMD SD40-2XR No. 259, crosses an icy Clark Fork River at Clark Fork, Idaho.