MRL SD70ACe 4310 heads down the east side of Mullan Pass with the ML.
MRL's "ML" departs the east end of Austin, MT behind a quartet of SD70ACes.
In a sight that never gets old, Helper #2's 4 MRL SD70ACes give everything they've got to get a loaded coal train over Mullan Pass.
Helena based Helper #2 drifts down the east side of Mullan Pass.
Coal empties descend Mullan Pass behind BNSF ES44C4 7116.
BNSF 7819 leads empty oil cans down Mullan Pass.
Helper #2 heads back to Helena.
Jimbo #2 shoves out of Austin to pick up scrap ties on Mullan Pass.
8 MRL SD70ACes head east around the horseshoe curve at Austin, MT.
Smoke from nearby forest fires fill the sky as 8 SD70ACes in the consists of Helper #2 and Helper #1 head back to Helena after Helper #1 ran out of time at Elliston earlier in the morning.
With 8 SD70ACes in the consist, Helper #2 and Helper #1 head back to Helena after Helper #1 ran out of time at Elliston earlier in the morning.
BNSF ES44DC 7803 departs Main #2 at Austin with an empty coal train.
Jimbo #2 heads up the hill at Austin with a tie cleanup train.
MRL SD40-2XR 264 heads into the clear at Austin with a short scrap tie pickup train.