MRL still ruled the rails two years ago around this time with combinations of first and second-generation EMD power able to be captured.

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.

Montana Rail Link’s ML crosses Austin Creek Trestle at Skyline, Montana, on September 12, 2002. A trio of MRL SD45s and F45 No. 391 (off line) power the freight operating from Missoula to Laurel... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD GP35 No. 403 powers an eastbound BNSF passenger extra over Bridge 50 spanning the inlet of Big Beaver Creek into the Clark Fork east of Trout Creek, Montana, on September 18,... (more)

WIND An eastbound train of autos storms across the Midvale Creek Trestle . The large screen on the north side of the bridge is to shield the trains from very high winds that can wreak havo... (more)

On a sunny morning high above the valley, MRLs famed Day Gas train rumbles over the Evaro high bridge with 22 cars for Missoula.

A massive consist of BNSF locomotives crosses the Two Medicine River bridge outside of East Glacier Park Village, Montana. Weather-wise, the day was phenomenal, with a mix of sun, rain and high w... (more)

A westbound auto-rack train crossing the Java bridge over the Middle Fork of the Flathead River.

A high priority eastbound train makes its way across Cutbank Creek on the BNSF Hi-Line. There was a high wind warning this day. Of course, the first thing I did was launch my drone...

Oddball power lineup for a coal train going across Mullan Pass.

The gas local heads east at the Flathead River crossing on the 10th sub between Perma and Paradise.

Manifest LM crosses Skyline Trestle on the way to the summit of Mullan Pass.

An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight crosses Cedar Creek Trestle east od Superio, Montana, on July 3, 2001. Leading the train is recently-repainted SD60M No. 9299 (former BN “Desert... (more)

The MRL crosses over Austin Creek on this steel trestle near Skyline on Mullan Pass. The trestle is 494 feet long, 94 feet high, and built in 1896 by the Northern Pacific. Here we have a loaded co... (more)

A light snow flurry falls through the air on a March morning in Billings, Montana as a loaded coal train crosses the Yellowstone River on the MRL's 1st Subdivision. A BNSF crew is taking the train... (more)