No HEP (head-end power 480-v.) here in GN’s Seattle coach yard where the cars are hooked to ground steam on rainy April 9, 1970 The Big Sky Blue didn’t last long as the merger creating Burlin... (more)
During Great Northern’s “Big Sky Blue" era, eastbound Train 28 Western Star makes its station stop at Whitefish, Montana on April 9, 1969. Boiler-equipped SDP-40 322 and its two F unit m... (more)
A crew member is framed between the signals protecting the junction of MRL's 10th and 4th Subdivisions as he uncouples 290 from the Paradise Local's GP9s. The former GN SDP40 would be used on a wo... (more)
Montana Rail Link’s gas local blows snow onto a frozen Flathead River just east of Paradise, Montana, on February 9, 2014. Leading the train through the frigid landscape is MRL No. 290, former G... (more)