An eastbound BNSF grain train passes by on the main line while Montana Rail Link’s Helena local prepares to pick up a BNSF SD70ACe off the house track at Lombard, Montana, very late in the day o... (more)
Montana Rail Link’s gas local cruises along the Flathead river west of Perma, Montana, on September 25, 2008. Powering the eastbound train running from Pipeline at Thompson Falls to Missoula is ... (more)
Late on the afternoon of June 29, 2016, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local, led by EMD SD45 No. 382, rolls through Lombard Canyon west of Lombard, Montana, with seven cars for Helena yard.
Montana Rail Link’s Helena local rumbles through Lombard Canyon west of Lombard, Montana, with seven cars for Helena yard late in the afternoon of June 29, 2016.
Montana Rail Link’s Helena local is preparing to pick up a BNSF SD70ACe off the house track at Lombard, Montana, in some of the very last sunlight of June 28, 2016. Two days before, BNSF No. 910... (more)
Montana Rail Link’s gas local descends Evaro Hill near Nagos, Montana, and is crossing Indreland Road heading for Missoula on May 23, 2011. Rebuilt SD45 No. 3826 (rebuilt and labeled a SD45-2M) ... (more)
BNSF HKCKSPO is slowly entering the siding at Thompson Falls, Montana, to meet a train on October 1, 2014, with the head end of an eastbound BNSF coal empty already passing the west switch of the ... (more)
With the sun setting to the west, so too was the sun setting on the MRL 382. Finishing what was to be its final run on the local out of Helena, MRL 382 was sent to Livingston the next day, seeming... (more)
On May 21, 2011, Montana Rail Link’s gas local follows the Flathead River on the scenic Tenth Subdivision west of Perma, Montana. Powering the eastbound train headed back to Missoula is EMD SD45... (more)
Westbound BNSF freight HKCKSPO is taking the siding to meet an eastbound at Thompson Falls, Montana, on October 1, 2014. Three leased Montana Rail Link SD45s (382, 319 and 328, now labeled SD45-2s... (more)
At 8:36 p.m. on June 28, 2016, some of the last sunlight of the day lights up the tracks of Montana Rail Link through Lombard, Montana, illuminating a glowing six-car Helena local approaching the ... (more)
Late in the day of June 29, 2016, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local rumbles through Lombard Canyon, Montana, with seven cars for Helena yard. This is probably the last time I will ever photograph... (more)