With 8 SD70ACes in the consist, Helper #2 and Helper #1 head back to Helena after Helper #1 ran out of time at Elliston earlier in the morning.

BNSF ES44DC 7803 departs Main #2 at Austin with an empty coal train.

Jimbo #2 heads up the hill at Austin with a tie cleanup train.

MRL SD40-2XR 264 heads into the clear at Austin with a short scrap tie pickup train.

MRL's "Night Gas" is eastbound at Dixon.

MRL SD70ACe 4404 heads downhill into Helena, MT with the "ML".

"Helper #2" glides into Helena on the tailend of the ML.

"Helper #2"... a quartet of MRL SD70ACes brings up the rear of the ML at Eliiston.

MRL SD70ACe 4404 departs the east end of Austin with an 126 car "ML" in tow.

MRL's ML is eastbound at the west end of the siding at Blossburg, MT.

MRL SD70ACe 4405 leads the "Night Gas" out of the shadows approaching the terminal at Thompson Falls "Pipeline".

MRL SD70ACes 4404 and 4310 lead a very decent sized 126 car "ML" eastward on the 3rd Sub approaching Blossburg.

MRL's "ML" departs the siding at Elliston after getting a 4-pack of Helpers added on the rear.

MRL SD70ACe 4405 heads into the final sunrays of the day, approaching the terminal at Pipeline with 1 buffer and 14 tank cars.

The Night Gas heads into the siding at Plains to drop off 3 loads of ballast.