Montana is all about scale. Big Sky Country is all about the bigness of nature in the state. So too the forests and mountains. MRL's quartet of not-so-small SD70ACes appear to be N scale models in... (more)

MRL 4304 brings up the rear of a quartet of helpers tucked into a loaded coal train heading through Birds Eye after leaving Helena, MT. The train will spend the next hour or so climbing Mullan Pas... (more)

The sun is starting to set as an eastbound coal train descends Mullan Pass toward Helena, MT. The train, which picked up 4 MRL helpers at Elliston, is about to cross Birds Eye Road near Tobin wher... (more)

DPU BNSF 5925 gives a shove on a loaded coal light just before sunset on the Montana Rail Link. The train has begun its ascent of Mullan Pass after re-crewing and adding mid-train helpers at Helen... (more)

BNSF 5677 and two other units ease an empty coal train off Mullan Pass having just cleared Austin, MT. The train is rolling through Birds Eye and will soon arrive in Helena, MT for its crew change... (more)

BNSF 5113 heads up the initial grade out of Helena, MT with a manifest freight. The train will soon pass through Austin and then tackle the mountain grade up to Mullan Pass. The GE pair are being ... (more)