The westbound Paradise Local rumbles downriver toward its home base with a string of empty lumber cars, passing some small rapids on the Clark Fork River near Quinns.

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local backs up the Thompson River Lumber Lead at Woodlin near Thompson Falls, Montana, on a cold, crisp February 7, 2014. Recently repainted EMD GP9 No. 127 leads th... (more)

MRL 127 leads the Paradise Local arrives on the east side of Thompson Falls, Montana to switch the lumber mill. MRL crews had just finished shoveling out the switches. With e recent snow, wind and... (more)

Slumbering in Paradise
Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local slumbers the night away just across from the depot and “milepost 0” at Paradise, Montana, on September 22, 2006. The trai... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local slumbers the night away facing the signals that guard the junction between the Fourth and Tenth Subdivisions at Paradise, Montana, on September 22, 2006. The t... (more)

Over 55 years old and still stretching their legs!
Montana Rail Link GP9s Nos. 113 and 120 were both built for the Northern Pacific in 1957. Here they stretch their legs on the Paradise... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local switches Thompson River Lumber at Thompson Falls, Montana, on September 23, 2009.

Springtime in Montana
Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local is heading back to Paradise and is just west of Toole, Montana, on May 3, 2012. Under a leaden sky that is occasionally spitti... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local cruises along the Clark Fork at Donlan, Montana, on May 3, 2012. The short four car train is headed for Tricon Timber in St. Regis and is powered by two GP9s, ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local rumbles along the Clark Fork just west of Eddy (east of Thompson Falls), Montana, on January 24, 2013. A build-up of ice on the rocks on the edges of a cove al... (more)

While the conductor of the Paradise Local checks his paperwork for what work needs to be done at Tricon Timber, LLC., Montana Rail Link GP9 No. 113 sprints for St. Regis just (railroad) east of Pa... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local backs down the spur at Thompson River Lumber and prepares to set out the train at Thompson Falls, Montana, on the afternoon of September 18, 2012. MRL GP9 No. ... (more)

Westbound between Eddy and Woodlin MRL's Paradise local prepares to work the Thompson River Lumber Company just a few miles ahead.

MRL #113 is seen leading the Paradice local south out of Paradise along the main line torwards St Regis crossing the Clark Fork River - 31/08/2009