MRL SD40s and SD45s are stored outside of their Livingston, MT shops on Memorial Day 2009. The units would continue in use for the next decade both on MRL and in lease to other carriers. The SD45 ... (more)
On a most fitting rainy May 24, 2011, Montana Rail Link gathers 17 retired locomotives at Livingston, Montana, to run as a a special “funeral train” to a scrapper on the west coast. A lot of p... (more)
56. Primary colors - Red, Blue, and Yellow.
MRL's Laurel to Missoula Local has just crossed Mullan Pass and is arriving at Garrison, MT. This is the location where the old NP lines split, one over Mullan Pass to Helena and the other to Butt... (more)
Mid-train helpers are MRL 211 - 204 - 353 - 8925 and head end is BNSF 1077 - FURX 7268 - BNSF 6859