Photo ID: 105533 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Winston Winston, MT 1338 (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 1563 (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 1515 (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 1340 (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 1547 (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: 105522 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Manhattan Gallatin County, MT 1354 (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 1505 (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 1583 (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 1418 (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 1661 (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: 105517 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bozeman Bozeman, MT 1596 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) Montana Rail Link The Northern Pacific Depot still stands in Bozeman, MT, although it is a little bit worse for the wear. It has been completely boarded up and there is a significant amount of graffiti on the outside. MRL's 841 local comes down the main past the depot, ready to do some more switching off of the mainline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105516 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bozeman Bozeman, MT 1441 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) Montana Rail Link There are a few signal bridges with searchlight signals still standing on Montana Rail Link. The west switch of Bozeman is one such example. Here, the 841 local is backing out on to the main track in order to perform some additional switching. Note the brakeman on the centerbeam flat at the back, protecting the reverse move. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105515 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bozeman Bozeman, MT 1526 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) Montana Rail Link The 841 local moves west on the siding at Bozeman toward the west end. The local has a clear signal to come out of the siding and on to the main track. Once there, the dispatcher will realign the switch for the main and flag the local back down the main toward more of its train that needs to be switched out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105514 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bozeman Bozeman, MT 1326 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) Montana Rail Link Montana Rail Link's 841 local backs passed the Bozeman Depot on the siding. The local is working on getting some switching done in order to allow a westbound coal load come through and continue west. This unit was built as an SD40 and was originally C&S. While is still looks like an SD40 on the outside, it has been upgraded to an SD40-2 internally. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105513 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bozeman Bozeman, MT 1284 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) Montana Rail Link A GP35 from the 841 local just dropped off some cars filled with lumber and now backs down toward the rest of the local. An SD40, also being used on the local, was left behind as this track cannot support six axle engines. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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