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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.
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!
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
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.
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.
Montana Rail Link ML cruises through Clinton, Montana, on September 2, 2003 with F45 No. 391 leading the way.
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.
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.
A Santa Fe F45 leads a 51-car eastbound TOFC train through Cajon Pass. The summit is just around the next curve.
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
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.
Imagine two separate non Class Ones in Wisconsin having F45 cowl units on their rosters. Amazing, but true. The Wisconsin & Southern 1002 sits by itself in Slinger, WI for some unknown reason. The big cowls' life on the WSOR was short, rumored to be because the units were too heavy. Too bad, they sure looked good in red and gray.
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
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 train ESSOA arrives at Soo yard on June 2, 1997 with 6650 and 590 leading 61 loads of Tilden ore.
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)
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.
With passenger loadings very heavy during the height of fall colors, the Agawa Canyon excursion train out of Sault Ste. Marie, ONT was a monster. The normal FP9s were kicked off in favor of freight locos, but the WC 6654, 6652 and 3006 looked great just south of Searchmont, ONT on the morning of 10-3-1998 on the 27 car passenger train.
Two Santa Fe F45’s and two SD45-2’s guide a westbound pig train down the steep (3.3% grade) north track just west of Cajon Summit. Today, the location is called Silverwood, but I don't recall that name during my visits in the '80's and '90's.
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.
One advantage of visiting the Montana Rail Link in 2005 was the chance to see one of MRL's ex-BN F45s in service.
On October 3, 2005, the 390 and SD40 215 are powering the LM (Laurel-Missoula) westbound manifest at Greycliff, Montana, along the Yellowstone River. This is MRL's 2nd Subdivision. Photo by Joe McMillan.
A southbound (eastbound) Wisconsin Central freight led by WC F45 No. 6653, casts a silhouette against a sky still glowing with sunset south of Rugby, Wisconsin, on March 15, 1997.
NYS&W F45 3636 leads two Norfolk Southern C30-7s on an SU-100 at Ridgefield Park, NJ. The cut of blue RF&P boxcars behind the road power were most likely heading to or from the Bergen Record newspaper in Hackensack, NJ.
NYS&W SU-100:
NYSW 3636 F45
Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 390 leads LM (Laurel to Missoula manifest freight) approaching Greycliff, Montana, on the afternoon of October 3, 2005. The train will be treading through snow by the end of of the day during a blue hour climb of Bozeman Pass.
A Santa Fe SD40u, GP35u, GP30u, and F45 pull a westbound freight through the Coconino National Forest east of Flagstaff, Arizona on April 2, 1989. It was power consists like this that made Santa Fe one of my favorite railroads.
The e/b 891 train, "Super C", crests Cajon Pass at Summit, CA. F45 5930 leads two sisters on a stellar January 14, 1973 morning.
Burlington Northern EMD locomotives gather at the locomotive facility at Clyde Yard in Cicero, Illinois, on November 23, 1986. BN F45 No. 6642 is flanked by GP9 No. 1877 and GP50 No. 3141 on the whisker tracks off the turntable near the old roundhouse. The era of a F45 sitting next to a tiger-striped GP50 was extremely short lived.