Heat haze from the dynamic brakes of the two lead units fills the air as a loaded BNSF coal train rolls through the s-curve outside Bozeman, Montana and nears the end of its descent from the Bozem... (more)
A pair of GP35's work the east end of the yard in Bozeman, Montana on the Montana Rail Link's Bozeman Local, pulling between the embankments that once carried a Milwaukee Road branch into downtown... (more)
After spending the better part of the morning working the yard and serving the grain elevator in Bozeman, Montana, the Montana Rail Link's Bozeman Local departs west towards Logan. The pair of GP3... (more)
A trio of EMD's operating in the Montana Rail Link's Livingston helper pool are on the rear of an eastbound manifest freight and are in the early stretch of the ascent of Bozeman Pass. The train i... (more)
MRL 4402 helps a loaded coal train up the east side of Bozeman Pass through Muir and into Bozeman Tunnel.
MRL 4305 helps a loaded grain train up the east side of Bozeman Pass.
A MRL Livingston Helper set sits at east Bozeman awaiting a westbound manifest train, before heading east back to Livingston
The end is near, searchlights still stand guard at the east end of Bozeman on warm summer evening, while an MRL helper set sits waiting another westbound.
The Bozeman local returns to it's home, but will first take the siding to work a lumber reload, passing under a soon to be replaced Northern Pacific RR cantilever signal.
Bozeman Local The Bozeman Local slugs it out up the 1.8% grade on the east slope of Bozeman Pass. The Absaroka Mountain Range overshadows the train, and the ever growing "suburbs"... (more)
One of MRLs Livingston helper sets waits for a westbound train at Bozeman.
Highball. With a clear signal, BNSF 7976 opens the throttle leaving Bozeman, as they pass a set of MRL helpers.
One of the Bozeman Pass helper sets sits at East Bozeman as they wait for a train coming down the hill to roll past.
The Bozeman Bullet is heading into Bozeman with 18 cars. The classic SD40s up front made this a great train for chasing.
On June 20th, MRLs Missoula to Laurel mixed freight needed some help getting up Bozeman Pass. A helper set was called in to help pull the ML over the pass. MRL 4402 leads the ML past the East Boze... (more)
