William Krieg
Buyers Inspection
One of the core reasons that I was so eager to visit the Montana Rail Link was the impending buyout that would see the BNSF take full control over the railroad, which had been announced a few months prior but was supposed to take effect sometime between March and April. While that thought was certainly in the back of my mind, I guess some executives had another idea as the BNSF top brass ran a special executive train to tour the eastern end of the MRL. After hitting territory at Laurel, the train ran up to Helena before climbing Mullan Pass and turning the train at Blossburg for the return trip back east towards Laurel. If this trip was for the top brass to inspect their new trackage, then it’s convenient they turned around instead of continuing west of Missoula where the signals still date back to the Northern Pacific for now.
Buyers Inspection
One of the core reasons that I was so eager to visit the Montana Rail Link was the impending buyout that would see the BNSF take full control over the railroad, which had been announced a few months prior but was supposed to take effect sometime between March and April. While that thought was certainly in the back of my mind, I guess some executives had another idea as the BNSF top brass ran a special executive train to tour the eastern end of the MRL. After hitting territory at Laurel, the train ran up to Helena before climbing Mullan Pass and turning the train at Blossburg for the return trip back east towards Laurel. If this trip was for the top brass to inspect their new trackage, then it’s convenient they turned around instead of continuing west of Missoula where the signals still date back to the Northern Pacific for now.