Montana Rail Link
 Montna Rail Link GP9 109 and SD45 355 are seen leading the Helena local to Townsend from East Helena near Louisville - 26/09/2022 |  Montna Rail Link GP9 109 and SD45 355 are seen leading the Helena local to Montana City - 26/09/2022 |  Montna Rail Link GP9 109 and SD45 355 are seen switching covered hoppers at the industry at Townsend with the Helena local - 26/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link GP9 109 and SD45 355 are seen leading the Helena Local returning from Montana City before heading to Townsend - 25/04/2023 |
 MRL 113 is seen leading the Paradise local to St Regis along the Clark Fork river - 31/08/2009 |  1950s built EMD GP9 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 |  MRL 113 is seen shunting the Paradise local at Thompson River - 31/08/2009 |  Montana Rail Link GP9 113 is seen leaving the Sugar Beet Processing Plant at Billings - 04/10/2022 |
 Montana Rail Link GP9 113 is seen swtiching the Sugar Beet Processing Plant at Billings - 04/10/2022 |  Montana Rail Link GP9 118 is seen swtiching the yard at Laurel - 04/10/2022 |  After the failure of MRL 113 MRL 120 worked the Paradise local on its own running long hood forward south to St Regis seen leaving Paradise, Mt - 10/09/2013 |  MRL 120 is seen delivering a string of Gondolas to help with a derailment cleanup at Superior seen between St Regis and Superior - 10/09/2013 |
 MRL GP9 120 and 127 are seen switching the lumber mill at Thompson Falls - 26/09/2014 |  Montana Rail Link GP9 123 is seen swtiching the yard at Billings - 04/10/2022 |  MRL GP9s 127 and 120 (note 127 in the new MRL livery) are seen leading Paradise Local to St Regis crossing the Clark Fork River - 26/09/2014 |  MRL GP9 127 and 120 are seen leading a short Paradise Local returning from Thompson Falls at Plains - 26/09/2014 |
 MRL GP9 127 and 120 are seen leading a short Paradise Local returning from Thompson Falls near Plains - 26/09/2014 |  Montana Rail Link GP9 127 and SD40 265 are seen leaving Three Forks returning to Logan with one boxcar - 26/04/2023 |  Running long hood forward Montana Rail Link GP9 127 is seen leading the Harrison local out of the open range on the Harrison Branch - 02/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link GP9 127 is seen swtiching the weekly local at Harrison - 02/05/2023 |
 Montana Rail Link GP9 127 is seen stopped on the Harrison branch while the crew open the gates onto the open range to return north - 02/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link GP9 127 built in 1954 as Great Northern 680 is seen returning up the Harrison Branch to Sappington and Logan passing the site of a fire started by the train on the outward trip to Harrison an hour earlier - 02/05/2023 |  Running long hood forward Montana Rail Link GP9 127 is seen leading the Harrison local along the Harrison Branch having left SD40 265 behind at Sappington due to weight restrictions - 02/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link GP9 127 and SD40 265 are seen leading the Logan Local returning from Trident to Logan - 04/05/2023 |
 MRL SD40-2 252 is seen leaving Paradise in an eastbound work train up the 4th Sub crossing the Clark Fork River - 26/09/2014 |  Montana Rail Link SD40-2XR 252 and GP35 403 are seen leading the Logan Local from Logan to Sappington passing Willow Creek - 28/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link GP35 403 and SD40-2XR 252 are seen leading Whitehall-Logan Local past Sappington - 29/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link SD40-2XR 252 and GP35 403 are seen leading the weekly Logan-Whitehall through Jefferson Canyon - 29/09/2022 |
 MRL SD40-2 253 and 252 are seen leading a retimed Helena local east in Lombard Canyon - 11/09/2013 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 255 with SD70ACe 4407 and SD40 263 are seen leading a short Laurel-Bozeman 'Bozeman Bullet' between Springdale and Elton - 28/04/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 255 with SD70ACe 4407 and SD40 263 are seen leading a short Laurel-Bozeman 'Bozeman Bullet' approching Livingston - 28/04/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 255 with SD70ACe 4407 and SD40 263 are seen leading a short Laurel-Bozeman 'Bozeman Bullet' at West End - 28/04/2023 |
 Montana Rail Link SD40 255 with SD70ACe 4407 and SD40 263 are seen leading a short Laurel-Bozeman 'Bozeman Bullet' into Bozeman - 28/04/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 255 with SD70ACe 4407 are seen leading the Laurel-Bozeman 'Bozeman Bullet' into Livingston to push the BNSF Laurel-Pasco (H-LAUPAS) over Bozeman Pass - 01/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 255 and SD70ACe 4407 are seen leading a short Laurel-Bozeman 'Bozeman Bullet' climbing Bozeman Pass - 03/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 255 and SD70ACe 4407 are seen leading a short Laurel-Bozeman 'Bozeman Bullet' at West End having just crested Bozeman Pass - 03/05/2023 |
 Montana Rail Link SD40-2 256 and SD70ACe 4312 are seen leading the morning gas local crossing a trestle near Arlee, Mt - 10/09/2013 |  Montana Rail Link SD40-2 256 and SD70ACe 4312 are seen leading the morning gas local up Evaro Hill north of Missoula, Mt - 10/09/2013 |  Montana Rail Link SD40-2 256 and SD70ACe 4312 are seen leading the morning gas local between Magpie and Perma, Mt - 10/09/2013 |  Montana Rail Link SD40-2XR 257 is seen in the siding at Perma on a work train - 08/05/2018 |
 Montana Rail Link SD40-2XR 257 is seen leading an eastbound 'Jimbo' work train from Helena to Manhattan at East Helena - 26/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link SD40-2XR 257 is seen leading an eastbound 'Jimbo' work train from Helena to Manhattan descending Winston Hill - 26/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link SD40-2XR 257 is seenon a 'Jimbo' work train is seen near Manhatton - 28/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link SD40-2XR 257 is seenon a 'Jimbo' work train nearing the work site at Manhatton - 29/09/2022 |
 MRL SD40-2s 261 and 263 are seen leading local #840 south from Helena to Logan in Lombard Canyon - 24/09/2014 |  MRL SD40-2s 263 and 261 are seen leading local #840 returning from Logan back to Helena in Lombard Canyon south of Totson, Montana - 24/09/2014 |  Montana Rail Link SD40-2XRs 263 and 259 with SD70ACe 4406 are seen leading the 'Night Gas' Local to Pipeline just north of Evero Hill - 8/5/2018 |  Montana Rail Link SD40-2XRs 263 and 259 with SD70ACe 4406 are seen leading the 'Night Gas' Local from Missoula to Pipeline at Arlee, Montana - 8/5/2018 |
 Montana Rail Link SD40-2XRs 263 and 259 with SD70ACe 4406 are seen leading the 'Night Gas' Local to Pipeline away from Missoula at DeSmet - 8/5/2018 |  Montana Rail Link SD40-2XR 263 and SD40-2 250 are seen leading the Laurel-Bozeman west at Greycliff - 28/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 265 and GP9 129 are seen leading the Logan Local into Trident - 27/04/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 265 and GP9 127 are seen switching at Logan - 02/05/2023 |
 Montana Rail Link SD40 265 and GP9 127 picking up their train for Harrison at Willow Creek - 02/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 265 and GP9 127 are seen leading the weekly local to Whitehall through Jefferson Canyon - 04/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 265 and GP9 127 are seen switching at Whitehall before heading to Logan - 04/05/2023 |  MRL 332 is seen leading a local train south in Lombard Canyon - 30/08/2009 |
 MRL SD45s 351, 326 and 355 are seen leading a westbound Laurel-Spokane Manifest along the Yellowstone River at Elton - 28/09/2014 |  Montna Rail Link SD45 355 and GP9 109 are seen leading the Helena local returning from Montana City cement works to East Helena with empty coke cars - 26/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link SD45 355 and GP9 109 are seen leading the Helena Local switcting at Townsend - 25/04/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD45 355 and GP9 109 are seen leading the Helena Local to Townsend near Winston - 25/04/2023 |
 MRL SD45 382 is seen leading the day gas along the 10th Sub at Dixon, Montana - 31/08/2009 |  MRL 382 is seen leading the 'day gas' near Magpie - 31/08/2009 |  MRL 382 is seen leading the 'day gas' east alongside the Flat Head river east of Perma - 31/08/2009 |  MRL 382 is seen leading the 'day gas' alongside the Clark Fork River west of Plains - 31/08/2009 |
 Montana Rail Link GP35 401 and 403 are seen leading the Harrison Local between Logan and Three Forks - 27/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link GP35 401 and 403 are seen leading the weekly train to Harrison along the Harrison Branch - 27/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link GP35 401 and 403 are seen leading the weekly train to Harrison along the Harrison Branch nearing Harrison - 27/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link GP35 401 and 403 are seen swtiching the west end of Logan Yard - 27/09/2022 |
 Montana Rail Link GP35 401 and 403 are seen leading the Logan Local returning from Sappington arriving at Logan - 03/10/2022 |  Montana Rail Link GP35 401 and 403 are seen leading the Logan Local returning from Sappington between Three Forks and Logan - 03/10/2022 |  Montana Rail Link GP35 402 and SD40-2XR 255 are seen leaving Logan with the local down the 5th Subdivision - 10/05/2018 |  Montana Rail Link GP35s 402 and 403 are seen arriving at Sappington, Montana with the local from Logan - 25/09/2019 |
 Montana Rail Link GP35s 403 and 402 are seen leading Trident cement works with empty coal cars and loaded cement for Manhattan due to Logan yard being full - 26/09/2019 |  Montana Rail Link GP35 403 and 401 are seen leading the weekly train from Harrison back to Logan - 27/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link GP35 403 and 401 are seen swtiching the east end of Logan Yard - 27/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link GP35 403 and SD40-2XR 252 are seen arriving back at Logan with the local returning from Sappington and Three Forks - 28/09/2022 |
 MRL GP35s 404 and 405 are seen leading the Livingston Local #841 into Bozeman - 23/09/2014 |  MRL GP35s 404 and 405 are seen leading the Livingston Local #841 west at West End having just crossed Bozeman Pass - 23/09/2014 |  Montana Rail Link GP35 404 and 405 are seen switching Bozeman Yard - 28/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link GP35 404 and 405 are seen switching an elevator at Bozeman- 28/09/2022 |
 Montana Rail Link GP35 405 and 404 are seen heading to an elevator at Bozeman - 28/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link GP35 405 and 404 are seen leading the Bozeman Local from Logan to Bozeman into Bozeman - 05/03/2023 |  Montana Rail Link GP35 405 and 404 are seen leading the Bozeman Local from Logan to Bozeman at Manhatton - 03/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link GP40 500 is seen swtiching at Missoula - 23/09/2022 |
 MRL SD70Ace 4300 is seen on the rear of a unit grain before helping the train to the summit of Bozemas Pass - 23/09/2-14 |  MRL 4301 is seen coming down Mullen Pass returning to Helena- 30/08/2009 |  Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4301, SDP40-2 290 with SD70ACes 4401, 4310 and 4407 are seen waiting to leave Bozeman with ML (Manifest Missoula-Laurel) glinting in the last light of the evening - 25/09/2019 |  MRL 4308 is seen leading the 'night gas' along the Evero Hill line near Arlee- 30/08/2009 |
 MRL 4308 is seen leading the 'night gas' west near Ravalli - 30/08/2009 |  Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4308 4316 and 4314 are seen leading ML (manifest Missoula-Laurel) east at Muir atop Bozeman Pass - 26/04/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4308 4316 and 4314 are seen leading ML (manifest Missoula-Laurel) into Livingston - 26/04/2023 |  MRL SD70ACe 4312 and SD40-2 256 are seen leading the returning day gas down Evaro Hill into Missoula, Mt - 10/09/2013 |
 Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4312 and 4407 are seen leading the LM (Laurel-Missoula) west at Greycliff - 28/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4312 and 4407 are seen leading the LM (Laurel-Missoula) west at Big Timber- 28/09/2022 |  MRL 4313 with 3 other SD70ACes are seen about to be removed from the loaded coal train at Elliston - 12/09/2013 |  Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4316 and 4404 are seen leading LM (manifest Laurel-Missoula) west at Elton along the Yellowstone River - 03/05/2023 |
 Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4316 and 4404 are seen leading LM (manifest Laurel-Missoula) west climbing Bozeman Pass - 03/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link 4319 is seen leading the helpers cutting out of a loaded grain train at Elliston - 25/09/2022 |  MRL SD70ACe 4402 is seen leading ML at Toston Dam in Lombard Canyon - 24/09/2014 |  Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4404 and SD40-2 250 are seen leading the Laurel-Bozeman west near Columbus - 04/10/2022 |
 Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4404 and SD40-2 250 are seen leading the Laurel-Bozeman westat Greycliffe - 04/10/2022 |  Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4405 and 4309 are seen leading a loaded Ballast train from Spire Rock to Logan through Jefferson Canyon - 29/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4405 and 4309 are seen loading there ballast train at Spire Rock on the former Homestake Pass Line - 29/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4405 and 4309 are seen leading a loaded Ballast train from Spire Rock to Logan down the remaining portion of the Homestake Pass route at Pipestone - 29/09/2022 |
 Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4406 and 4408 are seen leading the night gas between Ravalli and Dixon - 24/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4406 and 4408 are seen leading the night gas at DeSmet - 24/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4406 and 4408 are seen leading the night gas between Missoula and DeSmet - 24/09/2022 |  BNSF SD70ACe 4406 is seen leading the night gas out of Missoula at DeSmet - 29/04/2023 |
 Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4406 and 4408 are seen leading the night gas along the 4th sub at Frenchtown - 30/04/2023 |  MRL SD70ACe 4407, SD40-2XR 250 and SD70ACe 4405 are seen giving a loaded grain train a 'shove' up Bozeman Pass at East Muir - 06/05/2018 |  Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4408 and SD40-2XR 252 are seen leading the returning 'Day Gas' local from Pipeline to Missoula south of Ravalli - 08/05/2018 |  Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4408 and SD40-2XR 252 are seen leading the returning 'Day Gas' local from Pipeline to Missoula along the Flat Head River east of Paradise - 08/05/2018 |
 Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4408 and 4406 are seen leading the returning Day Gas Local from Thompson Falls to Missoula a the summit of Evaro Hill - 24/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4408 and 4406 are seen leading the returning Day Gas Local from Thompson Falls to Missoula at Ravalli - 24/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4408 and 4406 are seen leading the returning Day Gas Local from Thompson Falls to Missoula along the Flat Head River between Paradise and Perma, Montana - 24/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4408 and 4406 are seen leading the returning Day Gas Local from Thompson Falls to Missoula along the Clark Fork River naer Plains - 25/09/2022 |
 Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4408 and 4406 are seen leading the returning Day Gas Local from Thompson Falls to Missoula near Perma - 25/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4408 and 4406 are seen leading the returning Day Gas Local from Thompson Falls to Missoula along the Clark Fork River near Plains - 25/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4408 and 4406 are seen leading the returning Day Gas Local from Thompson Falls to Missoula down Evaro Hill - 25/09/2022 |  Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4408 and 4406 are seen laeding the Day Gas along the Flat Head River between Perma and Dixon |
 Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4408 and 4406 are seen taking the Day Gas into the siding at Dixon to meet a detouring westbound Z train - 30/04/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4408 and 4406 are seen laeding the Day Gas along the Flat Head River between Paradise and Perma - 30/04/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4408 and 4406 are seen leading the day gas down Evaro Hill after a crew change at the summit - 30/04/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4408 and 4406 (the normal gas power) are seen leading ML (manifest Missoula-Laurel) east at Trident - 04/05/2023 |
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