The MRL line to Harrison was infrequently used but worth the trip if you had a train running that direction. Looking very lonely out in the middle of nowhere MRL is returning with one car after sp... (more)
One of the first trains to load at a new ballast quarry on the east slope of NP's Homstake Pass route is seen on a blustry spring day behind a rebuilt SD9 and a geep. Regular service on this line ... (more)
Montana Rail Link SD19-1 no. 651, the power for the Paradise Local, rests in its namesake town on September 22, 2006. The red-over lunar signal aspect indicates that MRL’s Gas Local will be arri... (more)
A pair of SD19-1s are currently employed as the St. Albans, Vermont yard and local motive power. On Feb. 15, well before dawn, GSWR 1901's profile is observed with night lighting at the roundhous... (more)
The Montana Rockies Railtours tourist train crosses Greenhorn Trestle on our journey west to Sandpoint, ID. Very soon the train will go through Mullan Tunnel at the crest of Mullan Pass. Riding... (more)
The Montana Rockies Railtours tourist train heads east along the shores of Lake Pend Oreille on one of its final runs.
The eastbound Montana Rockies Rail Tours passenger train heads away through an S-curve, dwarfed by the mountain peaks in front of it.
One of the last runs of the Montana Rockies Rail Tours tourist train snakes along the Clark Fork River east toward Thompson Falls