RailPictures.Net Photo: MRL 4315 Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe at Austin, Montana by Steven M. Welch
 
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» MRL 3rd Subdivision 
» Austin, Montana, USA (more..)
» July 07, 2014
Locomotive No./Train ID Photographer
» MRL 4315 (more..)
» Helper 1 (more..)
» Steven M. Welch (more..)
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Four SD70ACe's assist two GE's on the task of lifting their heavy "container grainer" stack train through the Austin Curves and up the 2.2% grade. The name container grainer comes from the double-stacked containers being loaded with export grain, and that the train exceeds 100 tons-per-operative-brake, which on some territories limits it to 45MPH; the same speed that a normal grain train can go.
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