Late-afternoon sun casts the classic shadow of an SD40 onto the big cut above Austin as a clean pair of MRL's older units assist two modern GEs on the climb to the summit of Mullan Pass.
MRL SD40-2XR still retains it's as built SDP40 appearance. Not bad.
The MRL 840 Local switches out a cut of hoppers at the Limestone Quarry west of Townsend MT.
The 840 local arrives at Logan after working the cement plant at Trident. They will drop most of their cars (except the boxcars) here temporarily and head down the 5th Sub to Sappington.
Just about the only thing you won't find on the BRC mainline is a BRC unit. This wild MRL-SOO-INRD lash up demonstrates that point well.
MRL SD40XR 251 along with SOO SD60 6021 lead INRD Z490 north as it splits the semaphores at Campbellsburg In.
A westbound MRL freight blasts off from Laurel, making a run for the mountains ahead.
The acclaimed "Hannah Montana's" head up towards Robert St. to run around their train, before heading back towards Terre Haute, In. Pentax K200D
MRL 257 sits near the turntable in MRL's Missoula Yard.
MRL 215, NREX 8520, MRL 216 are pulling a KCS eastbound freight to Wylie yard
A WB grain train waits for a new crew in Helena, Mt, as GP-9 106 trundles around the yard, doing it's chores. A typical afternoon T-Storm is building to the east of town.
MRL helpers ease a loaded westbound down the west slope of Bozeman Pass.
An MRL 258 on long term lease to the BNSF leads a former ATSF SD40-2 on a Stack Bedford Park, IL to Tacolma, WA (Blair Terminal) train.
Operation Lifesaver unit
