The single DPU of empty crude oil U TAOTND0 25 with an uncommon triple unit helper K ESXESX3 18. One of the helper motors is being swapped out and will stay with the oil train to Shelby for fuel ... (more)
It doesn't get much better than a pair of SD40's passing the fall colors of a grove of Cottonwood trees along the Yellowstone River. It had been over 20 years since I'd done anything with MRL, bu... (more)
"Passing Pipestone on Pipestone Pass" An MRL ballast train shoves up Pipestone Pass to Conda Mining, with the engines passing under an outcropping of pipestone.
The Bozeman local returns to it's home, but will first take the siding to work a lumber reload, passing under a soon to be replaced Northern Pacific RR cantilever signal.