A helper set rests waiting its turn back to Helena on a chilly late September day.
A loaded coal train slugs its weight up Mullan Pass outside of Austin. There are 5 MRL SD70ACE's mid-train, helping this train up the hill.
Here is the broken knuckle that caused the train to break at Blossburg.(see photo 201488)
A pair of SD45`s switch the limestone quarry siding at Townsend.
The rear portion of a BNSF coal drag rolls to a stop in the smoke haze just before reaching the top of Mullan Pass after breaking an auto coupler.It was an hour before they got the train underway ... (more)
EB Grand Luxe Rail Journey train on the MRL arriving into Helena behind three Amtrak P42s. Quite a site indeed!
MRL 326 leads a westbound BNSF train out of Helena, bound for the Continental Divide.
