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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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Jun 20, 2007
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Category: Detail Photos
Montana Rail Link SD35 #703 in RCL service at MRL's Laurel yard.
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Jun 20, 2007
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Category: Regionals and Shortlines
a new coal hopper on a coal train as it passes through Laurel yard
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Jun 20, 2007
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Category: Freight Cars
A BNSF grain train makes its way east as it passes through the south end of Laurel Yard.
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Jun 20, 2007
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Category: Western United States
A MRL MoW crane at the Laurel Yard last October.
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Jun 20, 2007
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Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
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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May 13, 2007
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Category: Regionals and Shortlines
A BNSF Dash 9-44CW in H2 & an ES44DC in H2 pass through MRL's Laurel Yard.
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May 13, 2007
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Category: Yards
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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May 13, 2007
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Category: Regionals and Shortlines
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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May 5, 2007
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Category: Tourist Railways - Rolling Stock
MRL SD70ACe #4307, along with another MRL ACe, sit in Laurel Yard while waiting for their next assignment.
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May 5, 2007
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Category: Regionals and Shortlines
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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Apr 7, 2007
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Category: Western United States
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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Apr 7, 2007
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Category: Western United States
Another pic. of the BNSF grain train passing through MRL's Laurel yard
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Apr 7, 2007
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Category: Western United States
What seems like an endless grain train passes through MRL's Laurel Yard
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Apr 7, 2007
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Category: Western United States
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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Apr 6, 2007
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Category: Lease Units, Demonstrators, Specials etc.
Another pic. of the NS SD70M at Laurel.
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Apr 6, 2007
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Category: Norfolk Southern
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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Apr 6, 2007
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Category: Western United States
A pic. of the cab of the NS SD70M in Laurel. It is of the later design.
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Apr 6, 2007
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Category: Norfolk Southern
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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Apr 6, 2007
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Category: Norfolk Southern
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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Apr 6, 2007
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Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
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