48. A lot has happened from comment 47 and this one. I decided to drive up to the west portal of the Mullan Tunnel. Rough snow covered roads led me in. The sun was nowhere near where it needed to ... (more)

49. Do you think they break a lot of knuckles on Mullan Pass?

An eastbound BNSF manifest tops Winston Hill as the last rays of sunlight illuminate the sky on a warm summer evening.

Morning sun glints off the sides of a group of MRL locomotives awaiting assignment at Helena.

The MRL 840 Local switches out a cut of hoppers at the Limestone Quarry west of Townsend MT.

MRL`s 840 local heads into Lombard Canyon beside the Missouri River at Toston.

After holding on the hill in a Thunderstorm for the Mullan Tunnel window to open, a window in the storm also opens, casting wild shadows thru the valley.... Screaming in Run 8 on wet rail this Cen... (more)

The swing Help with MRL4302 passes the old siding at Skyline with a "Heavy".

A grain train passes Skyline Siding .

A grain train passes Skyline Siding with the rear DPU in sight. The swing helpers are about on top of Greenhorn trestle out of sight behind the mountains

A grain train snakes its way past Skyline Trestle and over Skyline (Austin Creek) Trestle. Note the Helpers rounding the corner from Green Horn. Also the road on the left above the trestle is t... (more)

A coal load for Boardman, OR starts the climb for the Continental Divide, as another long summer day comes to a end. However this crews day has just begun...

Showing dirt from their trek west from Missoula, SD70ACe’s 4311 and 4301 on the Laurel to Missoula train pull up alongside the H-LAUSPO1-17, the Laurel to Spokane priority manifest train. While... (more)

A Laurel-Missoula Manifest crosses Skyline trestle approaching the great divide at Mullan Tunnel.