Selected roster images of various Montana Rail Link rolling stock. All photos taken between 2003 and 2022. This roster has been occasionally expanded as more MRL freight cars are photographed from time to time. It was publicly announced on Monday, January 10, 2022 that the Montana Rail Link leadership had entered into an agreement with the BNSF Railway to terminate the remainder of its lease of the railroad right of way set in place with the Burlington Northern Railroad in late 1987. This lease termination effectively ended the stand-alone Regional operation of the MRL as many had grown to know it, returning the MRL to BNSF control/operation after MRL union and STB approval of the lease termination. It was a fun and enjoyable 35+ year run for the MRL. As of this typing in early 2024, the US Surface Transportation Board had tentatively approved the re-acquisition of the Montana Rail Link back into BNSF Railway. Many questions still remain as to what the BNSF will do with what remains of MRL’s fleet of EMD locomotives and especially their now aging rolling stock assets. This gallery will most likely now transition to a historical record of the now fallen-flag railroad operation that was and will forever be recorded as the Montana Rail Link. 12 updated images from a quick trip in September 2021. Good luck finding them all..