MRL's Laurel-Missoula manifest eases down the west side of Boseman Pass with a fairly clean SD45-2 leading.
A pair of SD60's lead a eastbound coal empty up Bozeman Pass, The 9021,9229 lead the way and even with an empty this will be a slow trip up the hill.
MRL 324,391.7544,216,680,7545,352,367 are attacking the west side of Bozeman Pass with train ML.
The MRL 20th Anniversary train heading back to Missoula, tries to keep ahead of threatening skies just minutes before sunset.
MRL SD40-2XR still retains it's as built SDP40 appearance. Not bad.
A BN train headed by a quartet of six axle power run on the MRL on the west side of Bozeman Tunnel.
A BN train headed by a quartet of SD40-2's heads toward the west end of Bozeman tunnel.
MRL 391 along with an ex SP Kodachrome SD are head end helpers on this BNSF eastbound rack train nearing the summit of Bozeman Pass. The consist on this train is MRL 391,7556,BNSF 919,6738.
Three SD40-2's and a B30-7A are about to enter the Bozeman tunnel. Chasing this train up and down the hills, with the hard braking caused the pads on my brakes to get sheared off their mountings.... (more)
Three MRL SD70ACe units on a light helper set out of Livingston make their way through an early spring snow storm west of Bozeman Pass to tack on to the head end of an ailing H-PASKCK in the sidin... (more)
MRL's westbound manifest, the LM, exits Rocky Canyon after crossing Bozeman Pass and is headed toward the Gallatin Valley.
At the bottom of the hill with pushing duties over for the moment, the crew aboard an an assisting helper set (MRL 215) prepares to cut off the rear of their westbound and assist the M-L (waiting ... (more)
A thunderstorm rages over Bozeman Pass, but a sucker hole opens over Muir bathing this West Coast bound grainer in strong storm light...
BNSF 5332 leads a grain train with three MRL SD70ACe mid-train helpers.
MRL 264 and 290 are assigned to rail train duties on this October day
