Montana from Seattle
Trip From 24/4/2023 to 8/5/2023
This trip has a extended 'trip report' to go straight to the gallery Click Here.
A 'final' trip to MRL from Seattle
Day 1: Ellensburg, Wa - Stampede Pass/Central Washington - Spokane, Wa
Day 2: Spokane, Wa - MRL - Helena Local - Bozeman, Mt
Day 3: Bozeman, Mt - MRL - Bozeman/Three Forks Area - Bozeman, Mt
Day 4: Bozeman, Mt - MRL - Bozeman/Three Forks Area - Bozeman, Mt
Day 5: Bozeman, Mt - MRL - Lombard Canyon/Bozeman Pass - Bozeman, Mt
Day 6: Bozeman, Mt - MRL - Lombard Canyon/Mullen Pass - Missoula, Mt
Day 7: Missoula, Mt - MRL - Paradise/10th Sub - Missoula, Mt
Day 8: Missoula, Mt - MRL - Mullen Pass/Lombard Canyon/Bozeman Pass - Bozeman, Mt
Day 9: Bozeman, Mt - MRL - Harrison Local - Bozeman, Mt
Day 10: Bozeman, Mt - MRL - Bozeman Area and Bozeman Pass - Bozeman, Mt
Day 11: Bozeman, Mt - MRL - Whitehall Local - Browning, Mt
Day 12: Browning, Mt - Marias Pass - Whitefish, Mt
Day 13: Whitefish, Mt - Kootenai River/Lakeside Subs - Ritzville, Wa
Day 14: Ritzville, Wa - Central Washington/Seattle area - Seattle, Wa
Day 15: Seattle, Wa - Edmonds - Seattle, Wa
 Columbia Basin Railroad SD19-1 652 built as a Southern Pacific SD9 in 1956 is seen leading the Connell-Warden train near Bruce, Washington - 24/04/2023 |  BNSF C44-9W still in Santa Fe warbonnet livery is seen leading an eastbound manifest from Pasco climbing Providence Hill - 24/04/2023 |  Union Pacific SD70M 3889 and 4857 are seen leading an eastbound Manifest MSKNA (Spokane-Nampa) through Marshall Canyon at Scribner, Washington - 24/04/2023 |  BNSF ES44DC 7861 is seen leading a westbound coal train through Marshall Canyon at Scribner, Washington - 24/04/2023 |
 BNSF GP60M 123 and SD60M 1411 are seen leading the Spokane to Tokio Local through Marshall Canyon at Scribner, Washington - 24/04/2023 |  Montana Rail Link GP9 109 and SD45 355 are seen leading the Helena Local returning from Montana City before heading to Townsend - 25/04/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD45 355 and GP9 109 are seen leading the Helena Local to Townsend near Winston - 25/04/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD45 355 and GP9 109 are seen leading the Helena Local switcting at Townsend - 25/04/2023 |
 Montana Rail Link GP9 127 and SD40 265 are seen leaving Three Forks returning to Logan with one boxcar - 26/04/2023 |  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 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 265 and GP9 129 are seen leading the Logan Local into Trident - 27/04/2023 |
 BNSF C44-9W 5206 is seen leading a westbound grain town at Greycliffe, Montana - 27/04/2023 |  BNSF ES44DC 7688 is seen leading a westbound Boeing train in Lombard Canyon - 28/04/2023 |  BNSF ES44C4 3252 is seen leading a westbound loaded coal train (Signal Peak Mine, MT-Robersts Bank, BC) in Lombard Canyon - 28/04/2023 |  BNSF C44-9W 4306 is seen leading an eastbound manifest through Lombard Canyon - 28/04/2023 |
 BNSF ES44AC 5813 is seen leading an eastbound empty coal train through Lombard Canyon - 28/04/2023 |  BNSF C44-9W 754 is seen leading H-PASKCK (Manifest Pasco-Kansas City) east along the Missouri River through Lombard Canyon with Alco PA Nickel Plate #190 ex Santa Fe 62L built in 1948 behind the road power - 28/04/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 255 with SD70ACe 4407 and SD40 263 are seen leading a short Laurel-Bozeman 'Bozeman Bullet' between Springdale and Elton - 28/04/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 255 with SD70ACe 4407 and SD40 263 are seen leading a short Laurel-Bozeman 'Bozeman Bullet' approching Livingston - 28/04/2023 |
 Montana Rail Link SD40 255 with SD70ACe 4407 and SD40 263 are seen leading a short Laurel-Bozeman 'Bozeman Bullet' at West End - 28/04/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 255 with SD70ACe 4407 and SD40 263 are seen leading a short Laurel-Bozeman 'Bozeman Bullet' into Bozeman - 28/04/2023 |  BNSF C44-9W 5258 is seen leading a westbound loaded coal train along the Missouri River through Lombard Canyon - 29/04/2023 |  BNSF ES44C4 8163 is seen leading an eastb ound Manifest through Lombard Canyon along the Missouri River - 29/04/2023 |
 BNSF C44-9W 5258 is seen leading a westbound loaded coal train climbing Winston Hill - 29/04/2023 |  BNSF C44-9W 5258 is seen leading a westbound loaded coal train climbing the 2.2% grade of Mullen Pass near Austin with 4 manned helpers in the middle and a DPU on the rear - 29/04/2023 |  BNSF C44-9W 5258 is seen leading a westbound loaded coal train appraochign Garrison - 29/04/2023 |  BNSF SD70ACe 4406 is seen leading the night gas out of Missoula at DeSmet - 29/04/2023 |
 BNSF C44-9W 4126 is seen leading an eastbound manifest between St Regis and Superior - 29/04/2023 |  BNSF ES44C4 7995 is seen leading a detouring Z train along the 10th Sub near Perma - 30/04/2023 |  BNSF ES44C4 7995 is seen leading a detouring Z train along the Clark Fork River east of Plains - 30/04/2023 |  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 are seen laeding the Day Gas along the Flat Head River between Perma and Dixon |  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 |  BNSF ES44C4 7997 is seen leading a westbound Z Train from Chicago to the Pacific North West detouring from the Hi-Line on MRLs 10th Sub along the Flat Head River east of Dixon - 30/04/2023 |  BNSF ES44C4 7997 is seen leading a westbound Z Train from Chicago to the Pacific North West detouring from the Hi-Line on MRLs 10th Sub along the Flat Head River near Perma - 30/04/2023 |
 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 4406 and 4408 are seen leading the night gas along the 4th sub at Frenchtown - 30/04/2023 |  BNSF ES44DC 7883 is seen leading a detouring Z train west at Arlee on MRLs 10th Sub - 30/04/2023 |  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 Bradley, 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 |  BNSF ES44DC 7763 is seen leading a westbound Boeing train with 2 737s and a P-8 Poseidon west through Lombard Canyon along the Missouri River - 01/05/2023 |  BNSF C44-9W 5352 with KCS 5007 and BNSF 4010 is seen leading a westbound loaded coal train through Lombard Canyon along the Missouri River - 01/05/2023 |
 BNSF ES44C4 6781 is seen leading a westbound manifest through Logan while the local is parked up for lunch - 01/05/2023 |  BNSF ET44C4 3985 is seen leading a westbound coal train climbing Bozeman Pass - 01/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 255 with SD70ACe 4407 are seen leading the Laurel-Bozeman 'Bozeman Bullet' into Livingston to push the BNSF Laurel-Pasco (H-LAUPAS) over Bozeman Pass - 01/05/2023 |  BNSF ES44DC 7246 is seen laeding H-LAUPAS (manifest Laurel-Pasco) at West End having crested Bozeman Pass with the MRL Laurel-Bozeman pushing on the back - 01/05/2023 |
 BNSF ES44C4 6866 is seen leading an eastbound stack train down Bozeman Pass - 02/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 265 and GP9 127 are seen switching at Logan - 02/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 265 and GP9 127 picking up their train for Harrison at Willow Creek - 02/05/2023 |  Running long hood forward Montana Rail Link GP9 127 is seen leading the Harrison local along the Harrison Branch having left SD40 265 behind at Sappington due to weight restrictions - 02/05/2023 |
 Running long hood forward Montana Rail Link GP9 127 is seen leading the Harrison local out of the open range on the Harrison Branch - 02/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link GP9 127 is seen swtiching the weekly local at Harrison - 02/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link GP9 127 is seen stopped on the Harrison branch while the crew open the gates onto the open range to return north - 02/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link GP9 127 built in 1954 as Great Northern 680 is seen returning up the Harrison Branch to Sappington and Logan passing the site of a fire started by the train on the outward trip to Harrison an hour earlier - 02/05/2023 |
 Montana Rail Link GP35 405 and 404 are seen leading the Bozeman Local from Logan to Bozeman at Manhatton - 03/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link GP35 405 and 404 are seen leading the Bozeman Local from Logan to Bozeman into Bozeman - 05/03/2023 |  BNSF ES44C4 8118 is seen leading H-PASKCK (manifest Pasco-Kansas City) east down Bozeman Pass into Livingston with MRL helpers behind the head end power - 03/05/2023 |  BSNF ES44DC 7411 is seen leading a westbound grain train at Fort Parker between Elton and Livingston - 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 SD70Ace 4316 and 4404 are seen leading LM (manifest Laurel-Missoula) west climbing Bozeman Pass - 03/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 255 and SD70ACe 4407 are seen leading a short Laurel-Bozeman 'Bozeman Bullet' climbing Bozeman Pass - 03/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 255 and SD70ACe 4407 are seen leading a short Laurel-Bozeman 'Bozeman Bullet' at West End having just crested Bozeman Pass - 03/05/2023 |
 Montana Rail Link GP9 127 and SD40 265 are seen leading the Logan Local returning from Trident to Logan - 04/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4408 and 4406 (the normal gas power) are seen leading ML (manifest Missoula-Laurel) east at Trident - 04/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 265 and GP9 127 are seen leading the weekly local to Whitehall through Jefferson Canyon - 04/05/2023 |  Montana Rail Link SD40 265 and GP9 127 are seen switching at Whitehall before heading to Logan - 04/05/2023 |
 BNSF ES44C4 6668 is seen leading an eastbound empty gain along the Hi-Line at Spotted Robe after meeting a westbound Z Train - 05/05/2023 |  Amtrak P42 29 and ALC-42 315 are seen leading the eastbound Seattle-Chicago 'Empire Builder' into Cut Bank, Montana - 05/05/2023 |  BNSF C44-9W 5488 is seen leading an eastbound manifest into Cut Bank, Montana - 05/05/2023 |  BNSF ES44DC 7487 is seen leading a westbound coal train downgrade at Hatton, Washington - 07/05/2023 |
 Columbia Basin Railroad GP9u 2274 is seen leading the Connell-Warden turn climbing out of Connell - 07/05/2023 |  BNSF ES44DC 7428 is seen leading a westbound autorack train at Carkeek Park - 07/05/2023 |  Amtrak Cascades ALC-42 1403 is seen leading train #517 Vancouver, BC-Portland, OR south at Edmonds - 08/05/2023 |  Amtrak ALC-42 300 is seen leading train #7 Chicago-Seattle 'Empire Builder' west appraoching its second last stop at Edmonds - 08/05/2023 |
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