The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on March 8 approved Montana Rail Link’s (MRL) petition to cease operating over main line between Huntley, Mont., and Sandpoint, Idaho, under a long-term lease ...

After more than 30 years of operating BNSF-owned main line between Huntley, Mont., and Sandpoint, Idaho, Montana Rail Link (MRL) reported on Jan. 10 that it is ceasing its long-term lease with the ...

At the start of 2024, a stretch of railroad in western Montana returned to the ownership and operation of BNSF Railway, one of the largest freight rail carriers in the country. In 1987, Montana Rail ...

After announcing plans to take over Montana Rail Link, BNSF Railway Co. officials said they will keep the MRL employees now working in Helena and at their current locations throughout the state. “We ...

MISSOULA — BNSF Railway has announced plans to resume operation of its mainline rail corridor through southern Montana, ending a lease with Montana Rail Link. Under the lease that began in 1987, MRL ...

As Montana Rail Link digs deeper into the rock slide blocking the Mullan Tunnel, the company is realizing its main line between Helena and Missoula will be probably be closed until the middle of next ...

It may have been a surprise to most of the state to hear Montana Rail Link start 2022 with an announcement it wanted out of its lease with BNSF Railway, but not for Lochiel Edwards, a Montana wheat ...

HELENA — As Montana Rail Link digs deeper into the rock slide blocking the Mullan Tunnel, the company is realizing its main line between Helena and Missoula will be probably be closed until the middle ...

Montana Rail Link’s 957-mile system from Huntley to Sandpoint, Idaho, has been named BNSF Railway’s 2013 Shortline of the Year. The award was announced Oct. 21 at the larger company’s annual shortline ...