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Montana Rail Link F45 No. 391 leads the eastbound MRL ML (Missoula to Laurel manifest) freight down the steep grades of Mullan Pass just west of Austin, Montana, on September 2, 2003.
At sunset, Montana Rail Link F45 No. 391 leads ML (Missoula to Laurel manifest) up the grade of Winston Hill east of Helena at Louisville, Montana, on September 2, 2003. Smoke from western wildfires enhances the golden colors of a low setting sun in Big Sky Country.
Wisconsin Central train 45 descends Byron Hill at Hamilton, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of June 11, 1996. Powering the westbound train that is nearing the crew change of North Fond du Lac is a pair of EMD F45 “cowls” Nos. 6650 and 6653, along with a new Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW.
Wisconsin Central train 45 works through of Ackerville, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of June 11, 1996. Powering the westbound train is a pair of EMD F45 “cowls”, Nos. 6650 and 6653, along with a new Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW.
With an F45 leading a SD45-2 and SD45, Lonnie captured the trio of 45's somewhere along the Santa Fe mainline as a warm May sun dives towards the western horizon.
ATSF 5936,5702,5364
May 1981
Lonnie Maves photo,
D.A.Longley collection
Wisconsin Central’s westbound PRANA freight, led by EMD F45 No. 6651, switches at Black Wolf, Wisconsin, as the man on the ground tries to stay warm at the junction switch. Winter can last a long time in Wisconsin, as attested by this April 30, 1996, photograph!
EMD F45 6656 leads a pair of SD45s and 90 C&NW ore cars of a loaded tac train on the Bradley Subdivision. The cars were loaded on the DM&IR at the Minorca Mine and interchanged to the WC at Steelton Yard. The train is destined for the C&NW ore dock at Escanaba, Michigan. Boats will take the ore down Lake Michigan to steel mills east of Chicago.
Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest freight, called the LM back then, arrives at Montana, Montana, on October 7, 2005. Three MRL EMDs power the train—F45 No. 390, SD40 No. 215 and GP35 No. 402.
Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 390 leads LM at Greycliff, Montana, on the afternoon of October 3, 2005, beneath stormy skies and a splash of sunlight. The train will be treading through snow by the end of the day during a blue hour climb of Bozeman Pass. I’m going to miss Montana Rail Link when it’s gone. But what I’m already really missing is the MRL like this.
Two Wisconsin Central trains do a power swap at the south end of Byron Siding on the morning of March 23, 1996. WC No. 6651 is a former Santa Fe EMD F45 and features a paint scheme unique to WC’s cowl units.
On January 24, 1996, Wisconsin Central train 46 diverges onto the connection track between WC and Soo Line at Duplainville, Wisconsin. Today’s train is led by former Santa Fe EMD F45 cowl unit No. 6650. WC 46 and 47 was a turn from North Fond du Lac to Milwaukee and return using Soo trackage rights on the former Milwaukee Road main line from Duplainville to Muskego Yard in Milwaukee.
Montana Rail Link’s MLAUMIS, also known as the LM, is heading through McQuarrie (between Clinton and Bonner), Montana, on October 7, 2005. The westbound train operating from Laurel to Missoula is powered by MRL EMD F45 No. 390, SD40 No. 215 and GP35 No. 402.
A WB Wisconsin Central empty ore train had left Stevens Point at around 1730, on this beautiful spring day, so the chase was on. Here is the 4th shot of the chase. An F45 and a FP45 bring the empty ore train through Marshfield, WI.
This was shot on 5-12-2001
Montana Rail Link’s LM freight, with F45 No. 391 and four more six-axle EMDs, traces the Missouri River through Lombard Canyon, just west of Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of September 11, 1995. The middle unit is a former Susquehanna SD45.
Five minutes before sunset on April 5, 1996, Wisconsin Central F45 No. 6653, along with a trio of SD45s, crosses the Rock River as it rolls train 49 through the marshlands at Theresa, Wisconsin.
From the old, unused Highway 12 overpass at mile 44.6 near Bradley, Montana Rail Link’s ML freight led by EMD F45 No. 391 cruises toward Mullan Pass between Garrison and Avon, Montana, on August 9, 1996.
In a typical Wisconsin winter that never seems to end, Wisconsin Central’s westbound PRANA freight, led by EMD F45 No. 6651, slogs through wet snow at Oshkosh on April 30, 1996.
Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2 No. 6836 and Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 392 lead BN train 110 over the Rock River at Oregon, Illinois, on the morning of October 22, 1994. MRL No. 392 is still painted in the red and gray of previous owner, Wisconsin & Southern.
A Springfield Terminal SD45 has just emerged from the paint shop at Delaware & Hudson’s East Binghamton engine terminal. A lashup headed by a Susquehanna F45 occupies one of the tracks under the sanding towers.
F45-SD45-GP30 combo on what looks to be train 63, the Point to South Itasca local freight. I didn't write it on the slide other than Spring 2001. I probably didn't write it down as I was pretty pissed about the quality of K25 film and what was one of my last rolls of film processed by Kodak. The color was pretty crappy but little did I know that I would be scanning and manipulating it 18 years later....Fuji film was next.
High on a cliff near Hawk Junction F45 6655 leads 6507, 6597, 6004 and 2252 downgrade a few miles south of town. This is train 11 the overnight freight from Sault Ste. Marie making its morning arrival at Hawk with 90 cars on May 3, 1998.....and yes the black flies were BAD! A rescan.
Finding a quiet place to read and concentrate on an email can be difficult in Sydney’s CBD. Here a man finds a sheltered corner which seems to do the trick.
I like the negative space and contrasts in light in this photo.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!
Candid Street Photography
Sydney CBD
November, 2019
Montana Rail Link F45 No. 390 leads LM at Greycliff, Montana, on the afternoon of October 3, 2005, amid stormy skies. The train will be treading through snow by the end of the day during a blue hour climb of Bozeman Pass.
Wisconsin Central train No. 348 rumbles into Sussex, Wisconsin, on March 22, 1996, in a view from Milwaukee Road’s “Bug Line” bridge, now a bike trail. A quartet of EMDs power the train—former Santa Fe F45 No. 6655, a SD45, an EMD leasing SD35 and a GP35.
A Santa Fe F45 leads a 51-car eastbound TOFC train through Cajon Pass. The summit is just around the next curve.
With the speedometer showing 13 mph, the WSOR F45, 1001, is trying to throw me out of the cab at the critical rock and roll speed, as we head for Slinger on light jointed rail. Once out of the yard limits, it'll be up to 25 mph and a somewhat better ride. At Slinger we will pick up empty hoppers, gons and boxcars, which will give the night train a break from having to stop and do the pickup on their return from Glendale Yard. Those F45's were cool as all heck, but were just too big and heavy for our needs at the time. It was bittersweet to see them go.
WSOR East Job
WSOR 1001, 4494
Horicon, WI.
July 1992
WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre.
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Montana Rail Link’s ML freight led by EMD F45 No. 391 cruises toward Mullan Pass between Garrison and Avon, Montana, on August 9, 1996. The view is from the old, unused Highway 12 overpass at mile 44.6 near Bradley along the Little Blackfoot River.
It was a nice morning chase toward and over Mullan Pass. I remember flying up Highway 12 to the next photo spot, momentarily taking my foot off the gas as a state patrol car went past going west. It was a automatic response that wasn’t necessary—Montana had no speed limit at the time!
Doesn’t seem like this was 30 years ago...
Wisconsin & Southern F45 1002, is one of three purchased by the railroad in early 1992 (1001, 1002, 1003). The 1002 was built for the Burlington Northern in April 1971 and spent many years working for it's keep. When the BN purged the unit, it went to NRLX as their 6642 and soon ended up pulling tourists around for Transisco Tours. Here, the 1002 has just returned to Horicon, after getting a fresh coat of Wisconsin & Southern's crimson and gray at the Wisconsin Central's paint shop in North Fond du Lac in June 1992. These were pretty cool units to run, but proved to be a bit big for the vintage Milwaukee Road jointed 85-90 lb rail at the time. In 1994, the units were sold to the Montana Rail Link where they would serve out the rest of their time, and the 1002 would become their MRL 392.
WSOR 1002
Horicon, WI.
June 1992
CSX K841, unit molten sulfur train is southbound at Roanoke, Alabama, in late afternoon light with the charming WC F45 Nº6656 leading in October of 2001. (Slide Scan)
Santa Fe F45 5953 in SPSF "Kodachrome" merger paint leads the 849 train at Collier, CA on July 2, 1986.
Kodachrome KM 25.
I don't know if an F45 works for F-unit Friday or not but it's what I have available this evening. The WC's FP/F45 fleet seemed to spend quite a bit of time in ore service wandering the Upper Peninsula. Here 6653 and 6522 get a roll on afternoon SORE 2 leaving Little Lake on February 9, 1997.
WC's FP/F45 fleet were favorites of mine and I seldom missed a chance to shoot one when they visited the upper peninsula. Here's 6651, 1762 and 3007 leading GBSOA a couple miles west of Trout Lake on April 9, 1999.
Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 391 leads the MRL ML (Missoula to Laurel manifest) freight eastbound down the 2.2 percent grade of Mullan Pass approaching Austin, Montana, on September 2, 2003.
With Wisconsin Central EMD F45 No. 6656 in the lead, WC train 50 leans into the curve at Rugby, Wisconsin, on April 14, 1997.
The only time I ever caught a WC F45 in decent light was on a May afternoon in 2000. Here the former AT&SF 5922 rolls through New Richmond bound for the Twin Cities.