On a hot and sunny afternoon just east of the Rockies, BNSF daily manifest HLAUCAS makes its way through the hamlet of Warren, MT near the border with Wyoming.

On a perfect June 24, 2016, Montana Limestone Company’s Jim Beard remotely operates the company’s colorful pair of EMD SD50Fs as they pull an empty cut of hoppers under the limestone loader at... (more)

Montana Limestone Company’s Jim Beard remotely operates the company’s colorful pair of EMD SD50Fs as they pull an empty cut of hoppers under the limestone loader at Warren, Montana, on a beaut... (more)

Montana Limestone Company’s colorful EMD SD50Fs Nos. 5404 and 5438 rest at Warren, Montana, on June 24, 2016. These two former Canadian National locomotives operate at a dedicated truck dump and... (more)

If you ever wondered what the rear view was like from the cab of a Canadian cowl locomotive equipped with a “Draper taper,” this is what it looks like from the engineer’s seat of Montana Lim... (more)

The bright red nose surrounds the headlights of Montana Limestone Company’s former Canadian National EMD SD50F No. 5404 at Warren, Montana, on the afternoon of June 24, 2016.

Montana Limestone Company’s EMD SD50F Nos. 5438 and 5404 are backing away from MRC’s limestone loader with a cut of hoppers at Warren, Montana, on June 24, 2016. These former Canadian National... (more)

Hauling a cut of hoppers, Montana Limestone Company’s EMD SD50F Nos. 5438 and 5404 are framed by MLC’s limestone loader at Warren, Montana, on June 24, 2016.

Montana Limestone Company’s colorful EMD SD50Fs pull an empty cut of hoppers under the limestone loader at Warren, Montana, on a beautiful June 24, 2016, afternoon.

Montana Limestone Company’s pair of EMD SD50Fs are equipped to operate remotely on its private railroad of two spurs and 18,000 feet of trackage along BNSF’s Casper Subdivision at Warren, Mont... (more)

A nice pair of ex-Canadian National SD50F's painted for the Montana Limestone Company rest between assignments at Warren, Montana located along the BNSF's Casper Subdivision a few miles north of t... (more)

Montana Limestone Company’s SD50F Nos. 5404 and 5438 bask in the afternoon sun at Warren, Montana, on June 24, 2016. These two former Canadian National locomotives operate on the private railroa... (more)

Montana Limestone units at Warren, MT.

Montana Limestone units at Warren, MT.

MLC5438 waits to load limestone at Warren, MT. A severe thunderstorm is ramping up and will soon inundate the area south of Warren. The limestone mined near here was originally used for Sugar Beat... (more)