MNA's first orange SD40-2 helps a former Burlington Northern sister on this ballast train loading at Gretna, MO. The short train is shuttling ballast to a washout site on the main in Hollister, MO, about 5 miles to the south. Gretna is a small spot on the map that is mostly surrounded by the popular tourist town of Branson, MO. It isn't much of a town anymore, but it does have a siding on the MNA, as well as a small industry that stands in the background of this frame.
