Montana Rail Link’s 844 local out of Logan, Montana, arrives at Sappington and will soon diverge onto the branch to Harrison with four covered hoppers for the Harrison Elevator. Co.

Switching the Harrison Elevator Co. is Montana Rail Link’s 844 local, and it is almost at the end-of-track on the branch as it noses across the U.S. Highway 287 grade crossing at Harrison, Monta... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local takes four tankcars to CHS’ Logan Petroleum Facility just outside town off the MRL’s Fifth Subdivision on October 10, 2023.

MRL 404 leads a short local through the small town of Willow Creek on it's way to Whitehall on MRL's 5th sub.

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local makes its weekly trip up the Harrison branch with four covered hoppers for Harrison Elevator Co. on October 10, 2023. The train is powered by MRL EMD GP35 Nos. 404 ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local switches cars at the Harrison Elevator Co. at the end of the railroad’s Harrison branch on October 10, 2023.

Passing two horses and a resting longhorn on its way to switching customers on the Fifth Subdivision, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local clatters through Three Forks, Montana, on October 11, 2023. Lo... (more)

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.

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local has just made a run up to Harrison to pick up a pair of empty fertilizer cars from the Harrison Elevator and is now at Sappington, Montana, on June 27, 2023. The co... (more)

With two cars gathered from the Harrison Elevator at the end of the 9.5-mile Harrison branch, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local trundles down the Fifth Subdivision main line at Sappington, Montana, ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local crosses a trestle on the steep 2.2% mountain grade on the Harrison branch just beyond milepost 6 after departing Harrison, Montana, on June 27, 2023. The local, pow... (more)

Red Bluff & Pony This branch line constructed by the Butte Short Line, was built to haul precious metals out of mines near Pony and Red Bluff. Like many western railroad/mining ventures th... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local drops down a 2.2 percent grade leaving Harrison, Montana, on June 27, 2023. This local generally serves the grain elevator at Harrison once a week on Tuesdays.

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local is in the process of picking up MRL SD40-2XR No. 265 at Sappington, Montana, after making a trip up the Harrison branch to retrieve two empty fertilizer cars from t... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD GP35 No. 404 heads up the Harrison branch light engine to retrieve a pair of empty fertilizer cars at the Harrison Elevator on June 27, 2023. To the southwest in the backgrou... (more)