The gates to Harrison
Montana Rail Link’s 9.5-mile branch to Harrison out of Sappington was a bit like stepping into a railroad time warp. Jointed rail winding through idyllic ranch co... (more)

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.

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)

On October 10, 2023, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local proceeds downgrade between mileposts 7 and 8 north of Harrison, Montana, with seven cars of grain from the Harrison Elevator Co. Leading the tr... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD GP35 Nos. 401 and 404, assigned to the 844 local, switch the yard at Logan before heading out on the Fifth Subdivision and the Harrison branch on October 10, 2023.

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.

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local that works out of Logan, Montana, approaches milepost 0 of the Harrison branch at Sappington with seven cars from the Harrison grain elevator on October 8, 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)

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)

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)