Early morning in Greenhorn Gulch sees the arrival of an export bound coal load. Traffic on Mullan Pass was at or near record levels due to widespread flooding across numerous parts of the West an... (more)
A helper set from Helena lifts the second half of a Manifest up the 2.2% compensated grade at Skyline Trestle. Depending on car placement and tonnage manifests are often split for the climb over ... (more)
A very smokey sky barely let thru enough light to shine on the Nose of BNSF8240 as it screams towards the divide with a trainload of coal for Boardman, OR.
The day draws to a close. MRL 252 gives a helping hand to a westbound Intermodal flood re-route. The location is Austin "Loops", a series of horseshoe curves designed to lift the tracks out from ... (more)