Photo ID: 105535 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Manhattan Gallatin County, MT 1608 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link Between Toston and Logan, MRL's mainline runs through Lombard Canyon. Didn't get a chance to see the canyon on this trip due to time and the haziness caused by forest fires. It takes a train around an hour to make its way through the canyon. This BNSF manifest just made it through and is now pulling east from Logan, headed toward Manhattan. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105534 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Townsend Townsend, MT 2107 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link A great looking signal bridge still stands at the west end of Townsend on the MRL's 2nd Subdivision. Not entirely sure how much longer it will last as MRL is definitely working on putting some money into replacing older signals. An eastbound BNSF manifest passes underneath the signal bridge on a clear signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105533 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Winston Winston, MT 1610 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF After finally making it up Winston Hill, a westbound BNSF grain train slowly starts gaining some speed as the tracks level off through the siding of Winston. Meanwhile, a high priority manifest on the main prepares to depart just as soon as the signal at the east end turn green. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105532 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Winston Winston, MT 2016 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF On a normal day, this shot would have some pretty fantastic mountains visible in the background. Unfortunately, a unprecedented number of forest fires in Montana have resulted in a thick, smoky haze over a good portion of the state. Despite the smoke, trains gotta keep rolling! Here, a westbound BNSF (loaded) grain train crawls into the siding at Winston. An eastbound BNSF manifest prepares to depart from the main after the grain train is in the clear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105531 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Winston Winston, MT 1960 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link A westbound loaded grain train is very slowly pulling in to the siding at Winston. The train has nearly made it up and over Winston Hill, the last major climb before reaching Helena. The train is taking the siding because there is an eastbound BNSF manifest sitting on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105530 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 225 Broadwater County, MT 1660 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link About 13 miles east of Helena, this eastbound BNSF manifest is starting to a slow a little. It is working on climbing the western slope of Winston Hill. While the west slope definitely has a grade, the grade isn't too bad...the east slope, on the other hand, is far steeper. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105529 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helena Helena, MT 1991 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link After a brief stop in Helena, a fresh MRL crew is now on board to take this high priority BNSF manifest east toward Laurel. The train departed Pasco, WA the day before and is headed toward Kansas City. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105528 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Blossburg Powell County, MT 2149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 3rd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link This eastbound BNSF manifest is just about over the top of Mullan Pass. It is approaching the east switch of the siding at Blossburg, which is located near the mouth of the west portal of Mullan Tunnel. This particularly manifest is considered high priority by BNSF, and won't be waiting around anywhere for very long. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105522 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Manhattan Gallatin County, MT 1635 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link The head end of this coal load has knocked down a clear signal at the east switch of Manhattan. The train is moving toward Logan and, beyond that, Lombard Canyon. Due to more than 40 forest fires burning in Montana, it is starting to get a touch hazy from drifting smoke! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105521 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Manhattan Gallatin County, MT 1978 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link This being my first trip (ever) to Montana, I was a little surprised by the amount of farm land! But there was a lot of it. One such farm resides along MRL's 2nd Subdivision just east of Manhattan. And, on this Friday evening, it is watering time! A BNSF coal load passes quickly by, moving at about 45 MPH, on its journey west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105520 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Manhattan Gallatin County, MT 2025 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link For my first trip to visit Montana Rail Link, I invited my dad to come along with me. He is the reason that I love both trains and photography. I have many fond memories of train chasing with him both along the Moffat and the Joint Line. Memories include our car breaking down on a snowy night along I-25, and the battery in his motorcycle dying in Colorado Springs. Fortunately, we didn't have any troubles while making new memories here in Montana. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105519 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Manhattan Gallatin County, MT 1686 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF This BNSF coal train is moving along at 45 MPH on the single track main east of Manhattan, MT. A bit smaller than the Manhattan in New York, this Manhattan has a population just over 1,500! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105518 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bozeman Bozeman, MT 2108 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link Just west of the siding of Bozeman, this BNSF coal train is running on clear signals as it continues west. The train will meet an eastbound coal empty a bit further west at the siding of Belgrade. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105510 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bozeman Tunnel Park County, MT 2003 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link When the Northern Pacific originally built up and over Bozeman Pass in 1882, the tracks passed through a 3,652-foot-long tunnel. In 1945, Northern Pacific replaced the tunnel with the current 3,015-foot-long tunnel. You can clearly see the portal of the original tunnel here, now fenced off and largely covered in dirt and foliage. I do not know exactly why the replaced the tunnel...if you have information on this, feel free to leave it in the comments! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105509 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bozeman Tunnel Gallatin County, MT 2216 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link Bozeman Tunnel may only be 3,015 feet long, which is short when compared to the 6.2-mile-long Moffat Tunnel, but that doesn't mean it doesn't get a lot of exhaust! When a coal train such as this one is working to make it over the summit, the tunnel quickly fills with a lot of exhaust. It is not a place you'd want to be caught when a train came charging through. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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