The Chilli Sub was a complete mess on this Monday afternoon. Lots of westbounds were backed up from Niota back thru Stronghurst. A few eastbounds trickled out of Fort Madison keeping things rollin... (more)

A Westbound hotshot passes the classic Santa Fe Cantilever bridge at GI on the westside of Galesburg. A newer Dash 9 leads the pack west on the Chillicothe Sub. Santa Fe purchased 100 of these Das... (more)

Westbound helpers out of Livingston are done shoving this Laurel to Pasco freight train up the 1.8% grade over Bozeman Pass. The helpers will now ride to Bozeman before cutting off after meeting 1... (more)

This Spokane to Alliance, TX, Q-train needed some help to get up the 1.9% Bozeman Pass grade eastbound. A 3 unit helper set is shoving on the rear end with just 1 unit online. Here the freight/sta... (more)

The Livingston Helpers are heading back to Livingston after shoving a coal train to Bozeman. Hard to believe this SDP40-2 is still working tonnage for the MRL in 2022. The unit is paired with a pa... (more)

Trying not to be embarrassed while doing the MRL in Montana, we referenced the Danneman's Montana stuff this week. This shot angle caught our eye and we wanted it in our portfolio too. A westbound... (more)

A 4 unit set of MRL Helpers dig in for the 17 miles climb from Helena to Blossburg and over Mullan Pass. Here the job gets to the 2.2% grade and the fight begins. The helpers cut in at Helena Jct ... (more)

The couple days we spent west of Helena, the weather was about everything you could imagine. Sun, snow, wind, rain, clear skies, cloud skies, cold, and warm weather was coming and going about ever... (more)

Even it appears both trains are heading the same way, but soon the trains will meet in 1/2 mile. This is near Weed on the MRL 3rd Sub. The coal train is working up thru Austin and the many reverse... (more)

It is pretty crazy how filthy the Helena Helpers get by shoving thru the Mullan Tunnel. The tunnel was originally built in 1883 at 3879' long. 400 feet at the west end was taken out as a part of a... (more)

We made a big family vacation to Yellowstone in June. The boys hope to see the MRL for the 1st time before it is gone. I figured the Bozeman Turn was a good bet to try and get the 1 evening we had... (more)

With a 16:00 departure from Laurel, this Laurel to Bozeman local is pretty popular chase on the MRL 2nd Sub. Back in May 2002 the job has a green signal at West Rapids so the engineer pours on the... (more)

With a 16:00 departure from Laurel, this Laurel to Bozeman local is pretty popular chase on the MRL 2nd Sub. Back in May 2002 the job pokes along following a grain train west, while meeting a few ... (more)

This double oil empty is back rolling after slowly making their way thru the yard/siding at Livingston the MRL 2nd Sub. An old EMD white MAC still hangs on helping out. One of these empties is bou... (more)

The normal junker freight train across southern Iowa is this Lincoln to Galesburg and counterpart. These trains usually drag everything possible between Galesburg and Lincoln and are dog-along tra... (more)