As a BNSF unit oil train plods past at Trout Creek, Montana, on February 5, 2023, it’s time to get back to the trackside fire and relax again as the DPU rolls west.
Low clouds hang in the Clark Fork River Valley at Trout Creek, Montana, as a BNSF unit oil train cruises westbound on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision on February 5, 2023.
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)
Slowly reentering civilization, the Logan Local claws up the 2.2% grade as it crosses over the first of two ancient wooden trestles on the last part of the trip to Harrison. Note the "repairs... (more)
An empty Montana Rail Link ballast train departs Logan, Montana, on the railroad’s Fifth Subdivision on October 3, 2022. In the background, MRL’s 844 Logan local waits for the train to clear b... (more)
