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Monday, July 8, 2024
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Kevin Morgan
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Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9)
Arvada, CO
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79 (Add a Comment)
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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Montana Rail Link, BNSF
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On January 1, 2024, the lease that created the MRL on October 31, 1987 was terminated early. In 2022, BNSF agreed to pay MRL $2 billion to terminate the lease early. The lease was originally created for 60 years, set to expire in 2047. With BNSF taking over the MRL, the MRL power (now owned by BNSF) left Montana to explore the BNSF system. MRL 4303 happened to be the rear DPU on BNSF's Provo-Denver this afternoon. BNSF will eventually repaint the units, and the classic blue and large "W" will fade into rail history.
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Saturday, August 15, 2015
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Kevin Morgan
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MP 51.5
Still Water County, MT
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1750 (Add a Comment)
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2nd Subdivision (MRL)
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BNSF, Montana Rail Link
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An eastbound BNSF manifest crosses over the Yellowstone River in between Reed Point and Craver. Very tragically, the train actually hit a cow that was standing on the tracks at the beginning of the bridge. When coming up on the bridge, my dad and I saw the cow and yelled at it, but it just stared back. We moved to the far end of the bridge and hoped that the train would be loud enough to get it move. Unfortunately, it wasn't. The crew called in the hit to the dispatcher.
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