Searchlights at West End
Just after departing the western portal of Bozeman Tunnel, trains come across the aptly-named siding of West End. The siding, still protected by NP-era searchlights as of 2022, gives eastbounds hope that they're nearly at the top and marks the start of the long 1.9% descent for westbounds like this one.
C SXMRBG1 39F (Coal- Signal Peak Mine, MT to Robert's Bank, BC)
BNSF Dash 9-44CW #5380
BNSF ES44AC #6122
(DPU) BNSF ES44AC
West End, MT
May 6th, 2022
Searchlights at West End
Just after departing the western portal of Bozeman Tunnel, trains come across the aptly-named siding of West End. The siding, still protected by NP-era searchlights as of 2022, gives eastbounds hope that they're nearly at the top and marks the start of the long 1.9% descent for westbounds like this one.
C SXMRBG1 39F (Coal- Signal Peak Mine, MT to Robert's Bank, BC)
BNSF Dash 9-44CW #5380
BNSF ES44AC #6122
(DPU) BNSF ES44AC
West End, MT
May 6th, 2022