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)

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.

It’s October 10, 2023, at 6:15 p.m. and the last rays of sun are shaped by a mountain ridge to the southwest as the lead locomotive of a BNSF coal train momentarily gets illuminated by golden li... (more)

Honoring our Veterans, MRL SD70ACe 4407 heads east along the Missouri River at Trident, MT.

MRL SD70ACes 4407 and 4310 head through Trident with the LM in tow.

I have been hesitant to post much MRL stuff this year, mostly due to the fact that the state has been swamped with people all summer and most are probably sick of it by now! It hasn't stopped me f... (more)

With a GP35 and SD40-2XR on the point, Montana Rail Link's Logan Local rounds the bend at the Missouri Headwaters State Park and approaches Trident, Montana with cars for the GCC cement plant. The... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal train snakes along the scenic Missouri River as it approaches Trident, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision on September 26, 2007. Powering the train is BNSF... (more)

An empty mega grain train east of Trident, Mt.

The 844 local returns from Trident as they pass the fork of the Missouri and Gallatin Rivers

Departing Trident along the Gallatin River, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local heads back to Logan with twelve cars of cement.

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local approaches Trident, Montana, along the Missouri River on September 26, 2007. An EMD duo of SD45 No. 328 and SD45-2 No. 308 power the train that will operate as f... (more)

BNSF 7675 heads an eastbound empty grain train into Trident, MT as it exits Lombard Canyon along the Missouri River near its head waters.

After fighting cloud screws, more mainline freights, swallows and bugs, the Helena Local makes its way along the Gallatin River at the confluence with the Missouri at Trident, MT, finally with MRL... (more)

After switching at Townsend, the Helena local met several freight trains en route to Trident, MT where it would switch cars at the cement plant. Here the train glides along the banks of the Missou... (more)