Geep In The Street
Another shot of the urban east end of Montana Rail Link that is largely eschewed by most visiting railfans....but that we wanted to at least say ww sampled.
Thanks to a tip we found the noon Billings yard crew switching switching out Boise Cascade at the end of the 0.6 mile long spur that leaves the First Subdivision main out by MP 4.9 by True North Steel. This is one of several cool industry tracks that has a clearance restriction and is limited by timetable instruction to nothing larger than a GP9.
MRL 131 seen here on the South 29th Street West crossing is a Livingston rebuilt GP9R that began life as a GP7 blt. Mar. 1952 as QNSL 108. Later sold to the Chicago and Northwestern where it wore number 4355 it's called MRL hoke for more than three decades and only time will tell if it will stay around Billings and get a new coat of orange paint.
Countless articles have been written about the MRL over the past 35 years of its existence and if you care to learn more download this great set courtesy of Trains Magazine:
www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/TRN-MRL.pdf
Billings, Montana
Wednesday September 7, 2022
Geep In The Street
Another shot of the urban east end of Montana Rail Link that is largely eschewed by most visiting railfans....but that we wanted to at least say ww sampled.
Thanks to a tip we found the noon Billings yard crew switching switching out Boise Cascade at the end of the 0.6 mile long spur that leaves the First Subdivision main out by MP 4.9 by True North Steel. This is one of several cool industry tracks that has a clearance restriction and is limited by timetable instruction to nothing larger than a GP9.
MRL 131 seen here on the South 29th Street West crossing is a Livingston rebuilt GP9R that began life as a GP7 blt. Mar. 1952 as QNSL 108. Later sold to the Chicago and Northwestern where it wore number 4355 it's called MRL hoke for more than three decades and only time will tell if it will stay around Billings and get a new coat of orange paint.
Countless articles have been written about the MRL over the past 35 years of its existence and if you care to learn more download this great set courtesy of Trains Magazine:
www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/TRN-MRL.pdf
Billings, Montana
Wednesday September 7, 2022