MRL Annual Trip #5 - April 2008
 Rear helpers shoving hard on the hill here. 04/08/08 |
 Going away shot, with snow showers in the distance. 04/08/08 |
 MRL Helper 2 waiting for the crew change with BNSF 9985 at Helena, MT. 04/08/08 |
 The headend approaching Greenhorn Creek Gulch between Birdseye, and Austin, MT. 04/08/08 |
 Headend, two helper sets and 147 coal cars... BIG TRAIN! 04/08/08 |
 The headend, BNSF MAC/ACe/MAC. 04/08/08 |
 The mid-train helps, MRL ACe/ACe/ACe. 04/08/08 |
 Mid-helps again... 04/08/08 |
 Rear MRL helps and BNSF distributed power unit. 04/08/08 |
 Going away shot in the shade. 04/08/08 |
 MRL 253 leads the 840 local out of Helena, MT through Lombard 25 minutes after sunrise. 04/09/08 |
 No ice in the river this trip, but I still wasn't ready for a swim. 04/09/08 |
 The local passing a sizable cliff at Lombard, from the old Milky Road bridge. 04/09/08 |
 BNSF 8296 ant two other SD75Ms pull an old-school grain train past Toston Dam. 04/09/08 |
 Rounding the curve. 04/09/08 |
 Closeup. 04/09/08 |
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