Late-afternoon sun casts the classic shadow of an SD40 onto the big cut above Austin as a clean pair of MRL's older units assist two modern GEs on the climb to the summit of Mullan Pass.
MRL's 840 Helena Local departs Townsend after switching several industries and meeting the westbound Q-DENTAC intermodal train. Power for today's local is made up of two MRL SD40-2XR's.