MRL Helpers drift down Mullan Pass after shoving a coal train up the hill on what would be a quiet 4th of July along the MRL.
Montana Rail Link SD70ACe helper set shoving hard on the rear of a westbound BNSF Grain train approaching Bozeman Pass near Muir about 7 miles west of Livingston, MT.
A manned four pack of MRL SD70ACe's helps two SD45's and their short Laurel - Spokane up the 2.2% grade of Mullan Pass, crossing the rarely photographed Greenhorn Trestle.
Five MRL SD70ACes screaming away on a helper set cut 66 cars into the middle of a 113 car loaded BNSF grain train. Seen here working it's way around the horseshoe curve at Austin, MT, the train is... (more)
Montana Rial Link's "Helper 2" with a trio of SD70ACes enters the old weather worn portal of Mullan Tunnel at Blossburg, MT, beginning the descent eastward down the Continental Divide back to Hele... (more)
MRL's 5 unit set of SD45's has cutoff from H-KCKPAS and is starting to roll downhill towards Livingston for the next shove over Bozeman Pass.
MRL 355 brings up the rear as Helper 2 descends Bozeman Pass on its way back to Livingston to await the next push over the mountain.
Four MRL SD70ACe's shove a heavy coal train up Mullan Pass just below the siding at Austin. The track zig zags up the canyon on this part of the grade.
Helper 2 returns to Helena after helping a westbound BNSF up the grade.
