Montana Rail Link’s 840 local, the Helena local, returns from the cement plant at Montana City and is approaching East Helena, Montana on July 7, 2022. MRL EMD SD45 No. 355 and EMD GP9 No. 109 are pulling a string of two-bay covered hoppers back to Helena Yard. This five mile spur to Montana City is a remnant of Great Northern’s Helena to Butte line that survives under MRL ownership.
