Photo ID: 105481 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laurel Yard Laurel, MT 1428 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 1st Subdivision (MRL) BNSF It is Friday morning and this BNSF train is departing Montana Rail Link's Laurel Yard. However, it is not headed west over the MRL. This train has a BNSF crew on it and it is about to diverge on to BNSF's Laurel Subdivision. This train is actually BNSF's daily Laurel, MT to Denver, CO manifest! It was interesting seeing this train at the other end of the trip! The green and yellow lights indicate the position of switches in the yard. A green light indicates the switch is normal and a yellow light indicates the switch is reversed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105475 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 13, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laurel Yard Laurel, MT 1288 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 1st Subdivision (MRL) Montana Rail Link After completing its switching work in the top yard, this MRL SW1500 is returning to the roundhouse at the end of the day. This SW1500 originally came from "Island Steel". I assumed that this was a steel mill that had a couple of engines for switching around cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105474 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 13, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laurel Yard Laurel, MT 1500 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 1st Subdivision (MRL) Montana Rail Link A BNSF train manifest just arrived in Laurel Yard while a crew for MRL's "LM" manifest (from Laurel to Missoula) walks toward the head end of the train. The train will depart shortly for a (mostly) night run to Missoula. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105473 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 13, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laurel Yard Laurel, MT 1318 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 1st Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link One of the main things that Montana Rail Link does is run BNSF trains over the MRL system between (roughly) Billings, MT and Sandpoint, ID. The train is this shot has been handed over to MRL by BNSF. The BNSF power will remain on the train, but MRL crews will run the train over the system. It will then be delivered back to BNSF at Sandpoint. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105472 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 13, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laurel Yard Laurel, MT 2008 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad 1st Subdivision (MRL) Montana Rail Link When I was a kid, BN had about a half dozen SDP40s on their roster. The steam generators had, of course, been removed. BN liked to use them as power on the Beer Run train in Denver (between Denver and Golden). It was rather cool seeing one of these units, now wearing blue, in Montana. On this evening, the unit is on the "LM" manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105471 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 13, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laurel Yard Laurel, MT 1647 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 1st Subdivision (MRL) Montana Rail Link These are the first two Montana Rail Link SD70ACes I've ever seen! They are paired with an SDP40R (formerly BN) and the Laurel Yard Utility Crew is building the "LM". That is short for the "Laurel to Missoula", an MRL manifest that runs between the yards in Laurel and Missoula. Its counterpart is the "ML", and both trains are run as needed by either yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105470 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 13, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laurel Yard Laurel, MT 1382 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 1st Subdivision (MRL) Montana Rail Link, BNSF This (somewhat short) coal train has arrived in Montana Rail Link's Laurel Yard. Laurel Yard is quite impressive, being at least twice the size of UP's (ex-DRGW) North Yard in Denver. This being my first visit to Montana Rail Link, it was pretty great seeing (classic) EMD power on a coal train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105467 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 13, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laurel Yard Laurel, MT 1567 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad 1st Subdivision (MRL) Montana Rail Link This MRL SW1500 works the west end of the top yard in Laurel, switching out some tank cars. It has been awhile since I've seen a genuine switch engine doing work in a yard! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.