MRL SD70Ace 4300 is seen on the rear of a unit grain before helping the train to the summit of Bozemas Pass - 23/09/2-14 | MRL 4301 is seen coming down Mullen Pass returning to Helena- 30/08/2009 | Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4301, SDP40-2 290 with SD70ACes 4401, 4310 and 4407 are seen waiting to leave Bozeman with ML (Manifest Missoula-Laurel) glinting in the last light of the evening - 25/09/2019 | MRL 4308 is seen leading the 'night gas' west near Ravalli - 30/08/2009 |
MRL 4308 is seen leading the 'night gas' along the Evero Hill line near Arlee- 30/08/2009 | Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4308 4316 and 4314 are seen leading ML (manifest Missoula-Laurel) east at Muir atop Bozeman Pass - 26/04/2023 | Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4308 4316 and 4314 are seen leading ML (manifest Missoula-Laurel) into Livingston - 26/04/2023 | MRL SD70ACe 4312 and SD40-2 256 are seen leading the returning day gas down Evaro Hill into Missoula, Mt - 10/09/2013 |
Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4312 and 4407 are seen leading the LM (Laurel-Missoula) west at Big Timber- 28/09/2022 | Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4312 and 4407 are seen leading the LM (Laurel-Missoula) west at Greycliff - 28/09/2022 | MRL 4313 with 3 other SD70ACes are seen about to be removed from the loaded coal train at Elliston - 12/09/2013 | Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4316 and 4404 are seen leading LM (manifest Laurel-Missoula) west climbing Bozeman Pass - 03/05/2023 |
Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4316 and 4404 are seen leading LM (manifest Laurel-Missoula) west at Elton along the Yellowstone River - 03/05/2023 | Montana Rail Link 4319 is seen leading the helpers cutting out of a loaded grain train at Elliston - 25/09/2022 | MRL SD70ACe 4402 is seen leading ML at Toston Dam in Lombard Canyon - 24/09/2014 | Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4404 and SD40-2 250 are seen leading the Laurel-Bozeman west near Columbus - 04/10/2022 |
Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4404 and SD40-2 250 are seen leading the Laurel-Bozeman westat Greycliffe - 04/10/2022 | Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4405 and 4309 are seen leading a loaded Ballast train from Spire Rock to Logan down the remaining portion of the Homestake Pass route at Pipestone - 29/09/2022 | Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4405 and 4309 are seen leading a loaded Ballast train from Spire Rock to Logan through Jefferson Canyon - 29/09/2022 | Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4405 and 4309 are seen loading there ballast train at Spire Rock on the former Homestake Pass Line - 29/09/2022 |
Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4406 and 4408 are seen leading the night gas between Missoula and DeSmet - 24/09/2022 | Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4406 and 4408 are seen leading the night gas between Ravalli and Dixon - 24/09/2022 | Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4406 and 4408 are seen leading the night gas at DeSmet - 24/09/2022 | BNSF SD70ACe 4406 is seen leading the night gas out of Missoula at DeSmet - 29/04/2023 |
Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4406 and 4408 are seen leading the night gas along the 4th sub at Frenchtown - 30/04/2023 | MRL SD70ACe 4407, SD40-2XR 250 and SD70ACe 4405 are seen giving a loaded grain train a 'shove' up Bozeman Pass at East Muir - 06/05/2018 | Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4408 and SD40-2XR 252 are seen leading the returning 'Day Gas' local from Pipeline to Missoula along the Flat Head River east of Paradise - 08/05/2018 | Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4408 and SD40-2XR 252 are seen leading the returning 'Day Gas' local from Pipeline to Missoula south of Ravalli - 08/05/2018 |
Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4408 and 4406 are seen leading the returning Day Gas Local from Thompson Falls to Missoula at Ravalli - 24/09/2022 | Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4408 and 4406 are seen leading the returning Day Gas Local from Thompson Falls to Missoula along the Flat Head River between Paradise and Perma, Montana - 24/09/2022 | Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4408 and 4406 are seen leading the returning Day Gas Local from Thompson Falls to Missoula a the summit of Evaro Hill - 24/09/2022 | Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4408 and 4406 are seen leading the returning Day Gas Local from Thompson Falls to Missoula near Perma - 25/09/2022 |
Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4408 and 4406 are seen leading the returning Day Gas Local from Thompson Falls to Missoula along the Clark Fork River naer Plains - 25/09/2022 | Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4408 and 4406 are seen leading the returning Day Gas Local from Thompson Falls to Missoula down Evaro Hill - 25/09/2022 | Montana Rail Link SD70Ace 4408 and 4406 are seen leading the returning Day Gas Local from Thompson Falls to Missoula along the Clark Fork River near Plains - 25/09/2022 | Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4408 and 4406 are seen leading the day gas down Evaro Hill after a crew change at the summit - 30/04/2023 |
Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4408 and 4406 are seen taking the Day Gas into the siding at Dixon to meet a detouring westbound Z train - 30/04/2023 | Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4408 and 4406 are seen laeding the Day Gas along the Flat Head River between Perma and Dixon | Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4408 and 4406 are seen laeding the Day Gas along the Flat Head River between Paradise and Perma - 30/04/2023 | Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4408 and 4406 (the normal gas power) are seen leading ML (manifest Missoula-Laurel) east at Trident - 04/05/2023 |
UP SD70ACe 8314 is seen leading a westbound manifest at Strawberry Creek, Utah - 23/09/2011 | UP SD70ACe 8314 is seen leading a westbound manifest in Echo Canyon - 23/09/2011 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 8343 is seen leading an eastbound stack at Baxter - 03/10/2014 | UP SD70ACe 8357 is seen leading an eastbound Z train rounding Sullivan's curve climbing Cajon - 17/03/2014 |
UP 8364 is seen leading an eastbound manifest at Archer, Wyoming - 16/09/2008 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 8365 is seen leading an eastbound loaded unit oil train along the Colorado River at Dell - 05/10/2023 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 8378 is seen leading a westbound manifest from Denver to Grand Junction between Range and Dotsero - 05/10/2023 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 8378 is seen leading a westbound manifest from Denver to Grand Junction over the Colorado River west of Burns - 05/10/2023 |
BNSF SD70ACe 8404 is seen leading an eastbound loaded coal train along the Colorado River at Dell - 06/10/2023 | BNSF SD70ACe 8404 is seen leading an eastbound loaded coal train along the Colorado River at State Bridge - 06/10/2023 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 8411 is seen leading a westbound stack train in Echo Canyon at Emory - 04/10/2014 | Brand new BNSF SD70ACes 8418 and 8419 are seen leading a loaded coal out of the Poweder River at Lightning Greek - 20/09/2014 |
BNSF SD70ACe 8472 and SD70MAC 9941 are seen leading a southbound coal empty at Converse Junction before reversing into Antelope mine - 13/05/2018 | UP 8427 is seen leading a empty car train up the coast line south of Soledad, California in the Salinas valley - 03/08/2008 | BNSF SD70ACe 8427 with ES44AC 6063 and SD70ACe 8525 are seen leading a loaded coal train away from Missoula at DeSmet - 8/5/2018 | UP SD70Ace 8431 is seen leading an eastbound Z train from Los Angeles to Denver climbing the Wasatch in Echo Canyon near Emory - 22/09/2011 |
UP SD70ACe 8431 is seen leading a westbound Z train from Denver to Salt Lake City at Echo - 23/09/2011 | BNSF SD70ACe #8461 is sseen leading an eastbound Q train up the wrong track out climbing out of Abo Canyon at Scholle, New Mexico - 04/03/2017 | Union Pacific SD70Ace 8473 and NS 9569 are seen leading a westbound grain train at Echo - 22/09/2022 | BNSF SD70ACe 8474 is seen leaidng an eastbound loaded coal train on the single track between Ashby and Hyannis, Nebraska - 03/10/2019 |
UP SD70ACe 8489 is seen leading a southbound Z train into Tunnel 2 - 14/03/2014 | UP SD70ACe 8490 is seen leading a westbound manifest near Emory, Utah - 22/09/2011 | UP SD70ACe 8493 is seen leading a westbound double stack at Palisade, Nevada - 26/09/2011 | UP 8504 is seen leading a westbound Manifest near Rawlins, Wyoming about to cross the Continental Divide - 02/09/2007 |
BNSF SD70ACe 8519 is seen leading an eastbound coal train at Bradley, Montana - 01/05/2023 | BNSF SD70ACe 8519 is seen leading an eastbound coal train at Garrison, Montana - 01/05/2023 | BNSF SD70ACe 8519 is seen leading an eastbound coal train at Elliston, Montana on the climb to Mullen Pass- 01/05/2023 | UP SD70ACe 8523 is seen leading a short eastbound manifest M-WCRO at Cajon Summit - 17/03/2014 |
BNSF SD70ACe 8523, C44-9W 786 and ES44C4 6615 are seen leading a loaded coal with 4 helpers on the rear climbing Bozeman Pass- 25/09/2019 | UP 8527 is seen leading a morning westbound at Bitter Creek, Wyoming - 02/09/2007 | BNSF SD70ACe 8531 is seen leading a westbound Boeing 737 train Wichita to Seattle west of Avon, Montana on the west slope of Mullan Pass - 09/05/2018 | BNSF SD70ACe 8533 and ES44ACs 6293 and 6108 are seen leading a loaded coal climbing Bozeman Pass with 4 locos pushing on the rear - 25/09/2019 |
BNSF SD70ACe 8554 and ES44DC 7273 are seen leading a westbound empty coal train through the Dakota Badlands west of Sully Springs - 4/5/2018 | BNSF SD70ACe 8558 and ES44AC 6316 are seen leading a westbound empty coal train out of Guernsey, Wyoming - 02/10/2019 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 8598 is seen leading a westbound work train up Peru Hill - 03/10/2014 | UP 8602 is seen leading a westbuond out of Green River, Wyoming - 13/09/2008 |
Union Pacific SD70ACe 8606 leading a eastbound unit oil train is seen holding the main at Tabernash while Amtrak P42 126 passes on the siding with the westbound #5 California Zephyr - 27/09/2023 | UP SD70ACe 8614 is seen leading a northbound Z train into Tunnel 2 - 13/03/2014 | UP 8617 is seen leading a west bound double stack about to cross the Continental Divide west of Rawlins, Wy - 02/09/2007 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 8648 and 8405 with ES44AC 7420 are seen leading an eastbound intermodal climbing Sherman Hill up track 3 east of Laramie - 19/09/2019 |
Union Pacific 8657 is seen leading eastbound Autoracks into Green River - 03/10/2014 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 8702, SD70M 4631, AC4400 6704 and SD70ACe 9007 are seen leading a Portland Brooklyn-Chicago Global 2 Z Train (ZBRG2) east along the Pocatello Subdivision at Sage, Wyoming - 22/09/2019 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 8702, SD70M 4631, AC4400 6704 and SD70ACe 9007 are seen leading a Portland Brooklyn-Chicago Global 2 Z Train (ZBRG2) east along the Pocatello Subdivision south of Kemmerer, Wyoming - 22/09/2019 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 8704 is seen leadinjg an eastback stack at Baxter - 03/10/2014 |
UP SD70ACe 8731 and SD70M 4121 are seen passing leaving Green River, Wyoming on a westbound stack train after a crew change passing the disused Depot - 03/10/2014 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 8754 is seen leading a short westbound stack train near Hana - 02/10/2014 | BNSF SD70ACe 8757 and 9306 seen leading a westbound grain train approching Elliston - 25/09/2022 | BNSF SD70ACe #8766 is seen leading a very overpowered northbound train of a few gondolas south of Beshoar, Colorado - 07/03/2017 |
BSNF SD70ACe 8768 is seen leading a southbound loaded coal train on the final climb up the Palmer Divide - 08/10/2023 | BNSF SD70ACe 8794 and ES44AC 5723 are seen leading a southbound loaded coal at Lawver Road - 14/05/2018 | BNSF SD70ACe 8794 is seen leading a double northbound empty coal train of 1,036 axles (8 locos and 247 coal cars) on the final climb up to Palmer Lake - 08/10/2023 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 8823 is seen leading an empty coal train to CV Spur at Price - 06/10/2014 |
UP SD70ACe 8828 is seen leading a northbound Z train at Sandcut - 16/03/2014 | UP SD70ACe 8828 is seen leading a northbound Z train at Bealville - 16/03/2014 | Union Pacific SD70ACe #8849 is seen leading an eastbound manifest climbing upgrade at Cienega Creek, Arizona - 25/02/2017 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 8852 is seen leading an eastbound manifest at Sage, Wyoming - 05/10/2022 |
Union Pacific SD70ACe 885 is seen on the rear of an eastbound loaded unit oil train along the Colorado River at Dell - 05/10/2023 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 8906 and AC4400 6690 are seen leading an eastbound manifest crossing the Nebraska-Colorado borderwest of Julesburg - 05/10/2019 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 8606 leading a eastbound unit oil train into Hot Sulphur Springs - 27/09/2023 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 8919 is seen leading an eastbound Z train climbing through Echo Canyon at Emory - 06/10/2022 |
Union Pacific SD70ACe 8924 and AC4400s 5687 and 5683 are seen leading an eastbound Manifest at Leroy on the Evaston Subdivision - 22/09/2019 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 8937, AC4400s 6374, 6290, 6780 and ES44AC 7465 are seen leading an Eastbound Intermodal at Sage, Wyoming on the Pocatello Subdivision - 23/09/2019 | Union Pacific SD70ACe #8945 is seen leading a westbound manifest near Vail, Arizona - 26/02/2017 | BNSF SD70ACe 9015 and SD70MAC 9610 are seen leading a southbound loaded coal into Sterling, Colorado - 05/10/2019 |
BNSF SD70ACe #9020 and CREX ES44AC #1209 are seen leading a westbound loaded coal train at Mountainair, New Mexico - 04/03/2017 | BNSF SD70ACe #9033 is seen leading a northbound coal empty round Trinchera Loop, Colorado - 07/03/2017 | BNSF SD70ACe #9033 is seen leading a northbound coal empty between Barela and Beshoar, Colorado - 07/03/2017 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 9051 is seen leading a westbound mega manifest at Wahsatch - 06/10/2022 |
BNSF SD70ACe 9069 is seen on the rear of a double northbound empty coal train at Palmer Lake - 08/10/2023 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 9092 and ES44AC 7361 are seen leading a westbound Intermodal along the Pocatello Subdivision at Topaz west of Lava Hot Springs, Idaho - 24/09/2019 | Union Pacific SD70ACe 9092 and ES44AC 7361 are seen leading a westbound Intermodal along the Pocatello Subdivision in Pebble Canyon north of Lava Hot Springs, Idaho - 24/09/2019 | BNSF SD70ACe 9103 and CREX ES44AC 1345 are seen leading a loaded coal east at Sully Springs, North Dakota - 04/05/2018 |
BNSF SD70ACe 9112 is seen leading an eastbound empty coal train in Lombard Canyon - 11/09/2013 | BNSF 9146 is seen leading a empty coal train into the Powder River Basin as it climbs Logan Hill - 26/08/2009 | BNSF 9146 is seen leading a loaded coal train out of the Powder River Basin as it crosses the dry Lightning Creek - 27/08/2009 | BNSF SD70ACes 9155 and 9365 are seen leading a loaded coal train south at Nacco Junction - 13/05/2018 |
BNSF SD70ACe 9158 and ES44AC 6084 are seen leading an eastbound loaded coal train west of Rider, North Dakota - 05/05/2018 | BNSF SD70ACe #9177 is seen leading a westbound Z train at Mountainair, New Mexico - 05/03/2017 | BNSF SD70ACe 9217 is seen leading a loaded coal train west in Lombard Canyon - 11/09/2013 | BNSF SD70ACe 9221 and ES44AC 5882 are seen leading an eastbound loaded coal at Stokes west of Guernsey, Wyoming - 02/10/2019 |
BNSF 9225 is seen leading a coal train west along the Big Horn sub near Custer Battlefied, Montana, 29/08/2009 | BNSF 9228 is seen leading a loaded coal train east out of the Powder River near Rozet, Wyoming - 28/08/2009 | BNSF SD70ACe 9236 is seen leading a loaded coal train east West Sully Springs, North Dakota - 01/04/2012 | BNSF SD70ACe 9236 is seen leading a westbound loaded coal east of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota - 03/04/2012 |
In the last light of the day BNSF 9241 is seen leading a loaded coal train out of the Poweder River as climbs Logan Hill while the UP coal train in the distance behind has stalled and is awaiting help - 26/08/2009 | BNSF SD70ACe 9261 and ES44AC 6438 are seen leading a loaded coal train south out of Black Thunder Mine - 13/05/2018 | BNSF 9271 is seen leading a loaded Powder River coal train west along the Big Horn sub near Kendrick - 28/08/2009 | BNSF 9271 is seen leading a loaded coal west again along the Big Horn sub near Ulm, 28/08/2009 |
BNSF SD70ACe 9291 is seen leading a westbound empty coal passing Sully Springs, North Dakota - 31/03/2012 | BNSF 9296 is seen leading a loaded coal train out of the Powder River Basin - 26/08/2009 | BNSF SD70ACe 9296 is seen leading a unit grain west near Avon - 25/09/2014 | BNSF SD70ACe 9296 is seen leading a unit grain west near Avon - 25/09/2014 |
BNSF SD70ACe 9296 is seen leading a northbound Boeing train north along the Joint Line climbing up to Palmer Lake - 08/10/2023 | BNSF SD70ACe 9306 and C40-9W 1017 are seen leading a southbound empty coal train passing under Lawver Road - 14/05/2018 | BNSF SD70ACe 9317 is seen leading another loaded coal train south at West Elkhorn - 26/08/2009 | BNSF 9375 is seen leading a loaded coal train south near Lightning Creek - 27/08/2009 |
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