A pair of rare visitors to MRL's facility at Laurel in 1992 were Santa Fe 5266 (well before the BNSF merger) and a fresh BN LNG SD40-2 and its tender. I believe the 5266 (ex-Amtrak) has been saved... (more)
About those scratches on my new F-150....sideswipe damage at Laural that also involved MRL SW1200 15. See photo 417389.
This is no way to make a switcher into a convertable.
Burlington Northern GP50 #3110 is painted in a variation of the "tiger stripe" scheme as it departs the Montana Rail Link yard in Laural, Mont. on the Pasco, WA to Birmingham, AL #120 train. With... (more)
A westbound MRL freight blasts off from Laurel, making a run for the mountains ahead.
The Denver-Laurel train comes off the BNSF Casper Sub onto the 1st Division Sub of the Montana Rail Link.
A BNSF train has come off BN's Casper Sub and is now parked in Montana Rail Link's Laurel Yard.
Sure don't see too many SD-9's these days...
The BNSF consist "pours on the coals" as it moves a coal train west out of Laurel Yard.
A nice consist of SD40's is seen here, including a high nose (Norfolk Southern #1585).
BNSF 7319 enters Laurel Yard from the east, while another train waits to travel east (led by BNSF #5020 & NS #9231).
