RailPictures.Net Photo: MRL 4315 Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe at Austin, Montana by Mike Danneman
 
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» Mullan Pass on Montana Rail Link’s Third Subdivision 
» Austin, Montana, USA (more..)
» June 25, 2020
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» MRL 4315 (more..)
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» Mike Danneman (more..)
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Busy afternoon on Mullan
Three trains negotiate Montana Rail Link’s Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, on the afternoon of June 25, 2020. In the background going downgrade at Austin is an eastbound BNSF freight. Meanwhile, on the five miles of double train running from Austin to Weed is a westbound BNSF grain train climbing toward Iron Ridge and meeting a MRL helpers set of four EMD SD70ACes that are following the freight back to Helena.
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