After meeting their 3rd eastbound of the day, this ballast train departs Paynesville siding, putting on quite a smoke show. Ballast would be dumped later that night at Murray.
A loaded ballast train heads west on the Paynesville Sub at MP 39, with a KCS MAC leading the way. They would meet a few eastbounds on their journey west.
Led by venerable Montana Rail Link EMD GP9 No. 109, MRL’s Helena local rolls smartly eastward between East Helena and Winston, Montana, on the afternoon of September 29, 2022.