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  1. Smoke and Heat

    Smoke and Heat

    The evening MRL gas local from Missoula to Pipeline, on Saturday 7/26, put on quite a show along the Clark Fork River southeast of St. Regis. The normal power was substituted by GP-9 #116, GP-35 #403, GP-9s #127 and #113 (ex MSTL, DRGW, GN and NP).
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    • Category: Western United States
  2. BNSF grain at Austin

    BNSF grain at Austin

    A BNSF grain train powered by 3 Dash 9's & an SD70ACe barels down the 2.2% grade towards Helena
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    • #4304 2008 4304 9 9-44cw austin bnsf c44-9w dash dash9 emd ge grain helena july link montana mrl mt mullan pass rail sd70ace train
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    • Category: Western United States
  3. MRL #4304

    MRL #4304

    MRL SD70ACe #4304 passes through a grade crossing on its way back to Helena on a BNSF grain train.
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    • #4304 2008 4304 austin bnsf emd grain helena july link montana mrl mt mullan pass rail sd70ace train
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  4. Soo Line Survivor

    Soo Line Survivor

    An old auto rack car still in its Soo Line livery.
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    • 2008 auto bnsf helena july line link montana mrl mt rack rail soo survivor
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    • Category: Freight Cars
  5. Railroad Art

    Railroad Art

    One of the rail cars that looks like it has been decorated by an artist, not a graffitist.
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    • 2008 art bnsf car graffiti helena july link montana mrl mt rail
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    • Category: Freight Cars
  6. Good ol' Casacade Green

    Good ol' Casacade Green

    An ex.BN whiteface SD60M on a BNSF manifest at Helena, Mt
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    • #8114 2008 8114 bn bnsf burlington cascade emd face green helena july link manifest montana mrl mt northern rail sd60m white
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    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  7. Framed!

    Framed!

    The cab & air conditioner on BNSF Dash 9 #4595 is framed by a walk-through passage at the Helena depot
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    • #4595 2008 4595 9 9-44cw a/c air bnsf c44-9w cab conditioner dash dash9 electric framed framed! ge general helena jul link montana mrl mt rail
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    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  8. MRL Hi-Rail at Helena

    MRL Hi-Rail at Helena

    A MRL Hi-Rail pickup at the Helena Depot
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    • 2008 helena hi-rail july link montana mrl mt pickup rail truck
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  9. BNSF manifest at Helena

    BNSF manifest at Helena

    A west-bound BNSF manifest waits at the Helena depot for a set of helpers after changing crew. I was able to catch a helper set heading back towards Helena up at Blossberg later that day: http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/55670/cat/500/ppuser/4714...
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    • 2008 9 9-44cw bnsf bound c44-9w change crew dash dash9 depot electric ge general helena helper julydash link manifest montana mrl mt rail set west
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    • Category: Western United States
  10. Coal empties at Blossberg(2)

    Coal empties at Blossberg(2)

    A long train of coal empties, most owned by PGEX, crosses the continental divide at Blossberg
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    • 2008 bathtub blossberg bnsf coal continental divide empties gondolas july link montana mrl pgex rail train
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Rolling Stock
  11. Coal empties at Blossberg(1)

    Coal empties at Blossberg(1)

    A long train of coal empties, most owned by PGEX, crosses the continental divide at Blossberg
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    • 2008 bathtub blossberg bnsf coal continental divide empties gondolas july link montana mrl pgex rail train
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Rolling Stock
  12. Paradise Local

    Paradise Local

    Montana Rail Link's Paradise Local pulls into Thompson Falls to switch a lumber customer powered by two aging GP9's.
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    • Category: Western United States
  13. Blossberg portal

    Blossberg portal

    The track can be seen curving before entering the 3,896.5' tunnel.
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    • 2008 blossberg continental curve divide july link montana mrl mt mullan pass rail summit tunnel
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    • Category: Tunnels
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. Cresting the summit at Blossberg

    Cresting the summit at Blossberg

    An east-bound 3-unit helper set of MRL SD45's crests the continental divide at Blossberg.
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    • 3 blossberg continental divide helper helpers link montana mrl mt mullan pass rail set summit unit
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  17. 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
  18. Montana Rail Link

    Montana Rail Link

    Still waiting for something to come my way at Blossberg, I decide to take a picture of MRL's logo on one of their signal boxes at Blossberg
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    • 2008 blossberg box july link montana mrl mt. mullan pass rail signal
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    • Category: Buildings and Structures
  19. Mullan Grain

    Mullan Grain

    An east-bound BNSF grain train roars toward Helena, Mt as it decends the 2.2% grade on the east side of Mullan Pass near Austin.
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    • 2008 austin bnsf crossing grade helena july link montana mrl mullan pass rail swoosh
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    • Category: Western United States
  20. Crossing the Clark Fork River

    Crossing the Clark Fork River

    BNSF 4128 leads its eastbound manifest off the MRL 4th Sub onto the MRL 10th Sub across the Clark Fork River at Paradise,MT to continue its eastward run.
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    • 10th 4th clark fork mrl mt paradise river sub
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    • Category: Bridges and Trestles



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