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  1. Truck of a Grain Hopper

    Truck of a Grain Hopper

    A close-up view of a truck on a BNSF grain hopper at Laurel, Mt. Location: Laurel, Mt Railroad: BNSF Date: April 2007
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    • Category: Detail Photos
  2. Operation Life Saver!

    Operation Life Saver!

    Montana Rail Link SD35 #703 in RCL service at MRL's Laurel yard.
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    • #703 2006 703 caboose control division electro emd laurel lif link locomotive montana motive mrl mt october ols operation rail rc rcl remote sd35 yard
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  3. New Coal Hopper

    New Coal Hopper

    a new coal hopper on a coal train as it passes through Laurel yard
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    • Category: Freight Cars
  4. BNSF Grain through Laurel

    BNSF Grain through Laurel

    A BNSF grain train makes its way east as it passes through the south end of Laurel Yard.
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    • Category: Western United States
  5. MRL MoW

    MRL MoW

    A MRL MoW crane at the Laurel Yard last October.
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  6. MRL's flares at Laurel

    MRL's flares at Laurel

    2 locos w/ flared radiators, an MRL SD70ACe & an MRL SD45 sit at Laurel yard. The SD45 apears kinda shiney, making it look like it might have gotten washed recently. Most of MRL's SD45's that I see are usualy covered with a nice layer of dirt, soot, ect...
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  7. BNSF ES44DC & Dash 9 at Laurel

    BNSF ES44DC & Dash 9 at Laurel

    A BNSF Dash 9-44CW in H2 & an ES44DC in H2 pass through MRL's Laurel Yard.
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    • 2006 9 bn bnsf c44-9w cascade dash dash9 dash9-44cw emd es44dc evolution ge gevo green h2 laurel link montana mrl october rail yard
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    • Category: Yards
  8. SD35 #702

    SD35 #702

    MRL SD35 #702 at Laurel Yard. MRL uses its SD35's in Laurel for yard switching, usualy w/ an RC caboose coupled to them so they can be operated by RC controlers (i'm not quite sure what the advantage of RC switching is over switching w/ someone in the cab; safty, maybe?)
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    • #702 2006 702 emd laurel link montana mrl mt october rail sd35 yard
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  9. Close up of swoosh-logoed grain hopper

    Close up of swoosh-logoed grain hopper

    A close up of the "swoosh" on a swoosh-logoed BNSF grain hopper as a BNSF grain train passes through the east end of Laurel Yard.
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    • 2007 april bnsf grain hopper laurel link montana mrl mt rail swoosh swoosh-logoed yard
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Rolling Stock
  10. Montana Rail Link SD70ACe #4307

    Montana Rail Link SD70ACe #4307

    MRL SD70ACe #4307, along with another MRL ACe, sit in Laurel Yard while waiting for their next assignment.
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  11. HERZOG gondola

    HERZOG gondola

    A mixed freight passes through Billings past the Quality Inn on its way to MRL's Laurel yard. I happened to get a pic. of this HERZOG high-sided gondola.
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    • Category: Western United States
  12. Front of the GrainTrain

    Front of the GrainTrain

    A pic. of the last locomotive & the 1st grain hopper on the BNSF grain train passing through MRL's Laurel Yard.
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    • Category: Western United States
  13. Grain in Laurel

    Grain in Laurel

    Another pic. of the BNSF grain train passing through MRL's Laurel yard
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  14. The Endless Grain Train...

    The Endless Grain Train...

    What seems like an endless grain train passes through MRL's Laurel Yard
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  15. EMD leasing fleet SD60's

    EMD leasing fleet SD60's

    A pair of SD60's from EMD's leasing fleet sit near the yard office/dispatching tower (which I got a tour of while I was there) at MRL's Laurel yard.
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    • Category: Lease Units, Demonstrators, Specials etc.
  16. Norfolk Southern SD70M at MRL's Laurel Yard

    Norfolk Southern SD70M at MRL's Laurel Yard

    Another pic. of the NS SD70M at Laurel.
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  17. SD40's pulling coal through Billings

    SD40's pulling coal through Billings

    Two of MRL's SD40's pull a loaded coal train past the Quality Inn in Billings, Mt. The train is headed west towards MRL's Laurel yard.
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  18. The cab of a Norfolk Southern SD70M

    The cab of a Norfolk Southern SD70M

    A pic. of the cab of the NS SD70M in Laurel. It is of the later design.
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  19. Norfolk Southern SD70M in Laurel, Mt?!?!

    Norfolk Southern SD70M in Laurel, Mt?!?!

    A Norfolk Southern SD70M idles at Montana Rail Link's Laurel yard in Laurel, Mt. Note that the cab/nose is the later version seen on some of Union Pacific's & Norfolk Southern's SD70M's.
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  20. BNSF 4948 at Laurel

    BNSF 4948 at Laurel

    BNSF Dash 9-44CW #4948 leads a long grain train through the east end of Montana Rail Link's Laurel yard. Location: Laurel, Mt Railroad: BNSF Locomotive/Train: Dash 9-44CW Date: April 2007
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    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe



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