Montana Rail Link EMD GP35 No. 403 powers an eastbound BNSF passenger extra over Bridge 50 spanning the inlet of Big Beaver Creek into the Clark Fork east of Trout Creek, Montana, on September 18,... (more)

A Montana Rail Link ballast train needing to make a pick up on the adjoining yard track waits for MRL’s 844 local to finish some switching and get in the clear at Logan, Montana, on the morning ... (more)

Mixed train on the Harrison branch (sort of)
Montana Rail Link’s 844 local out of Logan, Montana, is slowly working upgrade on the Harrison branch on October 4, 2022. Besides the two c... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local, led by MRL GP35 Nos. 403 and 401, works upgrade past milepost 5 on the branch to Harrison, Montana, on October 4, 2022. The local has two cars for the grain elevat... (more)

MRL 403 is bringing the Local down to Harrison.

Powered by a pair of EMD GP35s, Montana Rail Link’s Logan local departs Logan, Montana, with cars for the cement plant at Trident on June 26, 2019.

The MRL Logan Local curves along the Harrison Branch through the fields outside of Harrison.

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)

The MRL Logan Local makes its once a week run on the Harrison Branch to Harrison.

MRL 403 creeps around the corner pulling 6 MRL 3 Bay hoppers bound for Harrison.

Montana Rail Link's Logan Local works the Talc Mill in Three Forks with Hollowtop Mountain in the background.

With a GP35 and an SD40-2XR for power, the Montana Rail Link's Logan Local works the yard in Logan, Montana as it puts together a train of cement cars to take up to Trident.

Passing an old Montana homestead and ranch, Montana Rail Link GP35 Nos. 403 and 402 with five covered hoppers, drops down the 2.2 percent mountain grade on the Harrison branch north of Harrison on... (more)

Pastureland along Montana Rail Link’s Harrison branch is verdant green on June 22, 2015, as MRL’s 844 local brings three covered hoppers upgrade to the Harrison Elevator Company at the end of ... (more)

I think all of us at some point ask ourselves if what we are doing is worth it. In my case, driving for hours in awful road conditions for a long hood forward geep? After Montana was slammed with ... (more)