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  1. CEFX 9401 Cruger, IL

    CEFX 9401 Cruger, IL

    CEFX 9401 leads TPW's EB freight
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    • cefx motor pacific sd45t-2 southern sp tp&w tpw tunnel
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    • Category: Union Pacific
  2. Into the Darkness

    Into the Darkness

    The last car on an east-bound BNSF coal train vanishes into Mullan Tunnel
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    • 2008 blossberg bnsf car coal continental divide empty end gondola july last link montana mrl mt mullan pass rail rear tunnel
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    • Category: Western United States
  3. Snaking through Tunnel 8

    Snaking through Tunnel 8

    UP 1996 leads the MWCPT north through Tunnel 8 on Cuesta Grade. In moments the train will enter Tunnel 7, leaving the rest of the train still snaking through Tunnel 8 and Tunnel 9.
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    • 1996 7 cuesta grade tunnel up
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    • Category: Tunnels
  4. Westbound at Winton

    Westbound at Winton

    The SPOEVE peaks out of the Winton tunnel, on the BNSF Scenic subm
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    • Category: Tunnels
  5. Westward towards Winton

    Westward towards Winton

    A westbound intermodal labors uphill emerging from the tunnel south of Winton on May 25, 2008. EMD/Oakway SD60 #9004 is sandwiched between BNSF C44-9W's #4571 and 1024.
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    • Category: Tunnels
  6. Mullan Tunnel

    Mullan Tunnel

    One can barley see the other end of the 3,896' tunnel from the west portal at Blossberg. LOCATION: Blossberg, Mt RAILROAD: Montana Rail Link TRAIN/LOCOMOTIVE: - DATE: July 2008
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    • 2008 blossberg continental divide july link montana mullan pass portal rail tunnel west
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    • Category: Tunnels
  7. Heading into Mullan Tunnel

    Heading into Mullan Tunnel

    BNSF #6062 & its train of coal empties heads into the west entrance at Blossberg. The train is split across the 2 sides of the continental divide here, with the locomotives & about 5 to 8 coal gondolas on the east side & the rest on the west side
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    • # #6062 2008 6062 blossberg bnsf coal continental divide empties gondolas july link montana mullan pass portal rail tunnel west
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    • Category: Western United States
  8. BNSF coal empties at Blossberg (2)

    BNSF coal empties at Blossberg (2)

    The BNSF empty coal train starts its decent through Mullan Tunnel towards Helena on a warm July afternoon
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    • 20008 ac4400 afternoon blossberg bnsf coal decent east emd empties empty es44ac ge helena july link montana mullan pass rail sd70ace train tunnel warm
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    • Category: Western United States
  9. BNSF coal empties at Blossberg (3)

    BNSF coal empties at Blossberg (3)

    A good view of the locomotives on the head end, which include a BNSF ES44AC, a BNSF AC4400, & a BNSF SD70ACe
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    • 2 3 ac4400 ac4400cw blossberg bnsf coal emd empties es44ac ge h2 h3 heritage july link montana mullan pass power rail sd70ace swoosh tunnel
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    • Category: Western United States
  10. East-bound coal empties at Blossberg

    East-bound coal empties at Blossberg

    BNSF ES44AC #6062, accompanied by 2 trailing units, a BNSF AC4400 & a BNSF SD70ACe, crest the divide at Blossberg after climbing a 1.2% grade up the west side.
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    • # #6062 2008 6062 ac4400 blossberg bnsf coal continental divide emd empties ge gondolas july link montana mullan pass portal rail sd70ace tunnel west
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    • Category: Western United States
  11. Blossberg portal

    Blossberg portal

    The track can be seen curving before entering the 3,896.5' tunnel.
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    • Category: Tunnels
  12. Its all down hill from here

    Its all down hill from here

    The 3-unit helper set starts to head down the 1%grade towards Mullan Tunnel, which will steepen to 2.2% at the east end of the tunnel & continue down to Helena
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    • 2008 3 blossberg continental curve divide down grade helper helpers july link montana mrl mt mullan pass rail set summit tunnel unit
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  13. Around the curve

    Around the curve

    The 3-unit helper set moves around a curve towards Mullan tunnel
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    • 2008 3 blossberg continental curve divide helper helpers july link montana mrl mt mullan pass rail set summit tunnel unit
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  14. West Portal

    West Portal

    A view of the soot-blackened Mullan Pass tunnel's west portal at Blossberg. I waited and hoped a west-bound would come so I could witness the semi-famous "black fog of Blossberg" as it is called, but a non-stop parade of EB trains & only 1 day to do the whole Mullan Pass area kept...
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    • 2008 blackened blossberg diesel july link montana mrl mt mullan pass portal rail soot tunnel west
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    • Category: Tunnels
  15. Blossberg

    Blossberg

    A sign naming the railroad location of Blossberg can be see appox. 1200' west of the Mullan Pass tunnel portal.
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    • 2008 blossberg july link montana mt mullan pass portal rail side sign tunnel west
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    • Category: Buildings and Structures
  16. Whose railroad is it..

    Whose railroad is it..

    A pristine solid set of D&H power has B&M train POME in tow as it exits the west portal of the 4.75 mile long Hoosac tunnel near North Adams, MA. on July 24, 1982.
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    • Category: Tunnels
  17. Run around at Scenic with Amtrak Empire Builder.

    Run around at Scenic with Amtrak Empire Builder.

    Amtrak #8 (Eastbound Empire Builder) is running around the M-EVESPO at Scenic, Washington. With a few westbounds of higher priority on the east side of the tunnel, the EVESPO (Manifest, Everett, Wash. to Spokane, Wash.) is going to sit for a while at Scenic while the dispatcher runs trains...
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    • #8 amtrak around builder cascade empire evespo run scenic tunnel washington
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    • Category: Western United States
  18. Amtrak at 30/1 of a second

    Amtrak at 30/1 of a second

    This 30 second exposure tells the story of a 40mph Empire builder heading into the Cascade Tunnel at Scenic.
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    • amtrak builder cascade empire exposure scenic time tunnel
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    • Category: Night Photos
  19. Autorack Attack!

    Autorack Attack!

    A bunch of autoracks make an interesting pallate for the camera as it snakes its way out of the tunnel and down the grade.
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    • autorack bnsf cascade exposure scenic time tunnel
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    • Category: Night Photos
  20. Cloudy Weather

    Cloudy Weather

    BNSF 4422 prepares to head into the 7.8 mile long Cascade Tunnel at Berne.
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    • 4422 9 berne bnsf cascade dash pass stevens tunnel
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Western United States



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