The crew for the afternoon's westbound Laurel to Missoula manifest heads down the lead to their awaiting train just minutes after a pre-summer thunderstorm soaked the area.

MRL's "LM" manifest with two red ball dressed EMDs on the point, passing the 9.4 signal between Birdseye & Austin, MT, on their way up to Mullan Pass and the continental divide.

A waxing-gibbous moon rises behind MRL's L-M manifest in the pre-evening light as it starts the hard grind up Bozeman Pass west of Livingston, MT.