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MRL Annual Trip #5 - April 2008

A photo essay from my 5th annual excursion to Montana to photograph and record the primary railroad I model and named my internet moniker after.
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45 min. (& one large snowman later) a westbound loaded coal screams out of Mullan Tunnel. 04/07/08
45 min. (& one large snowman later) a westbound loaded coal screams out of Mullan Tunnel. 04/07/08		 The rear helpers cut off on the fly at Blossburg Siding. 04/07/08
The rear helpers cut off on the fly at Blossburg Siding. 04/07/08		 Final shot from Monday afternoon as the light helpers entered Mullan Tunnel headed back to the barn in Helena, MT. 04/07/08
Final shot from Monday afternoon as the light helpers entered Mullan Tunnel headed back to the barn in Helena, MT. 04/07/08		 A westbound BNSF baretable breezes up hill past Skyline Siding. 04/08/08
A westbound BNSF baretable breezes up hill past Skyline Siding. 04/08/08
BNSF 4589 leads the empty buckets around the final turn before Mullan Tunnel. 04/08/08
BNSF 4589 leads the empty buckets around the final turn before Mullan Tunnel. 04/08/08		 With a freshly renumbered SD60M second out. 04/08/08
With a freshly renumbered SD60M second out. 04/08/08		 MRL helper set with 4313 at Skyline Siding. 04/08/08
MRL helper set with 4313 at Skyline Siding. 04/08/08		 MRL 4307 on the rear. 04/08/08
MRL 4307 on the rear. 04/08/08
BNSF 4067, 5250, and 4135 lead 126 empty hoppers downhill around the Iron Ridge curve. 04/08/08
BNSF 4067, 5250, and 4135 lead 126 empty hoppers downhill around the Iron Ridge curve. 04/08/08		 Power around the curve, still more cars to come. 04/08/08
Power around the curve, still more cars to come. 04/08/08		 Finally the rear end. 04/08/08
Finally the rear end. 04/08/08		 Eastbound Q-train with autos on the headend rounding the curve at Iron Ridge. 04/08/08
Eastbound Q-train with autos on the headend rounding the curve at Iron Ridge. 04/08/08
ACe Helpers entering the cut through the Iron Ridge. 04/08/08
ACe Helpers entering the cut through the Iron Ridge. 04/08/08		 MRL 308 & 351 help a BNSF Gevo & SD40-2 pull the grade through the Iron Ridge. 04/08/08
MRL 308 & 351 help a BNSF Gevo & SD40-2 pull the grade through the Iron Ridge. 04/08/08		 Would have loved the train to be about an hour later here...
Would have loved the train to be about an hour later here...		 BNSF 4932, on the point of a grain train at Austin, MT. 04/08/08
BNSF 4932, on the point of a grain train at Austin, MT. 04/08/08
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Dick Chaffer - Bozeman 20-Apr-2008 18:27
Great pictures, Robbie. I'll bite: What's the 'Jimbo' ?
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