BNSF ACe hurtles this loaded Centralia coal train westbound. The MRL's L-M is about 15 minutes behind!
The class ACe, MRL 4300, leads an 88 car L-M westbound with some gorgeous Montana mountains watching over.
The class ACe, MRL 4300, leads an 88 car L-M westbound.
The 840 local arrives at Logan after working the cement plant at Trident. They will drop most of their cars (except the boxcars) here temporarily and head down the 5th Sub to Sappington.
The power on the right is from a loaded Centralia, WA coal train. The Empty train was instructed to pick up the two MRL "PAUs" (Power Assist Units) so the two crews spent quite some time jockying... (more)
Arguably the most photogrpahed barn in Montana serves as my backdrop for the empty Roaberts Bank train. The MRL SD45-2 was picked up at Bearmouth siding.
A trio of Execumac lead this empty Roberts Bank (BC) coal train east towards Helena.
My first Execumac ever (Sand Patch during 2000) makes an appearance during my most recent trip to Montana. Here it is leading an empty Boardman coal train onto the 10th Sub main for its run to Mi... (more)
While the semaphores may be gone, MRL still displays signs of NP heritage, including numerous signal bridges.
On a typical Nortwest day, the last EMD-owned SD60 Demo, still in its 24-years-young EMD Demo paint, leads the Everett - Pasco manifest southbound down the Seattle Sub towards Vancouver.
A Green GP38-2 leads the 513 Talgo back to Portland through a Kalama snow squall.
A long train for Barnes Yard in Portland rolls west through the Gorge with a icy ACe.
BNSF's Wishram Local heads for home in one of the many snow showers the Columbia River Gorge experienced throughout the day with 4 loads out of Home Valley.
The Pend Oreille Valley's train heads back to Newport, WA from Sandpoint, ID with a bunch of storage reefers on the headend.
456 axles worth of cars (114) rolls through the curves along the Clark Fork River near Eddy.
