2 sets of helpers, a total of 8 units, pass an empty stack train as they drift downgrade on their way back to stage at Helena. There they will wait for the next westbound to provide a shove over M... (more)
At the end of a perfect day, a rainbow encircles a Montana Rail Link helper set trundling eastward at Austin, Montana, after helping a BNSF grain train over Mullan Pass on July 5, 2021.
An eastbound BNSF manifest freight train drops downgrade on Montana Rail Link’s crossing of Mullan Pass, passing a long abandoned homestead and ranch, as it approaches Austin, Montana, on July 4... (more)
BNSF GE ES44AC No. 5952, along with a pair of EMD SD70MACs in different flavors, pull a westbound BNSF freight toward Austin, Montana, while climbing Mullan Pass on October 7, 2020.