MRL's Laurel, MT to Missoula, MT manifest crawls down Bozeman Pass and into town with a trio of veteran EMD's.
After sucessfully conquering Bozeman Pass, three EMD's are down to a crawl with dynamics howling, leading a heavy 133 car "LM" on the drawbar. They'd soon come to a stop, release the air and have ... (more)
Three SD's have a heavy LM in tow, cruising West along the Missouri River.
MRL's LM departs Livingston and is now on the attack of Bozeman Pass, behind a trio of veteran EMD's.
At a blazing 7 MPH, three EMD's on the headend and three more on the rear hum up Bozeman Pass with a 133 car LM in tow.
The MRL 332 was originally built as an EL SDP45, but in 1973 was wrecked and the long hood became that of a SD45-2. The beast can still be seen pounding the ex Northern Pacific rails in Montana, j... (more)
After stopping to recharge the air, MRL 332 West proceeds at a snails' pace down Bozeman Pass with the LM on the drawbars.
11,674 tons of LM walk up Bozeman Pass at 7MPH with a SD45-2/SD40/SD40 on the headend and the Livingston manned helpers 133 cars deep on the rear... The MRL isn't a lightweight railroad for sure!
A heavy "LM" ducks into the NP stick rail siding at Bozeman to let a short-time stack by.
