BNSF GE C44-9W No. 5383 leads four Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACes as head end power for a heavy Herzog ballast train climbing Mullan Pass out of Austin, Montana, as seen from inside a deserted out... (more)
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)