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We stayed the night in Whitehall Montana with sights on chasing the Bozeman local the next day, on our way over to Bozeman we discovered the ML picking up a loaded BNSF ballast train in Logan. We chased them into Bozeman where they made a crew change, in the meantime the bozeman local left light power so we stuck with the ML for the morning. With a new crew on board the ML heads east with 5 on the head end and mid train helpers as the climb up Bozeman pass!
We stumbled upon the ML grinding up Mullan outside of Elliston on our way to Helena, beautiful sun and fall colors on the pass added to the scene!
MRL’s Essential Workers engine leads the eastbound Missoula-Laurel by the often photographed barn at Jens, MT, on the 3rd Sub.
I haven't posted in a bit as I have been traveling. It wasn't really a train trip per se but I was able to work in a few shots on various mornings in addition to a couple of full days along the way. One such day was March 13 when I spent the day between Livingston & Laurel, MT. I headed west at daybreak from Laurel with the hopes I might see these two units which had been running on the ML/LM trains. I had checked Laurel in the morning and didn't see the pair anywhere so I was hopeful I would catch them on the road somewhere. The ML had been on duty at 2130 the night before in Helena so I expected to see them not too far out of Laurel. However they needed to be re-crewed in Livingston not sure what happened, perhaps it was the locomotive crane on the rear of this short 14 car train, but grateful nonetheless. I caught them coming out of Livingston and followed to Laurel. Seen here between Quebec and Reed Point.
"The line_up is a paperwork series I developed since 2010. The“liners” are made out of paper (Din A3),
oil paint and graphite, the theme is the hermetical laws of polarity and movement. There is no ending and no beginning in any direction, just an endless movement. You have the possibility to arrange the papers like you want and that makes it an endless playground for my photo-work and the eyes of the viewers."
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On the eastern end of the Montana Rail Link, MRL's 2nd Sub races across broad valleys along the Yellowstone River. Here, just east of Greycliff, things are fairly flat as the ML races across open prairies on its way to Laurel.
MRL ML (Missoula to Laurel, MT)
MRL SD70ACe #4311
MRL SD70ACe #4404
Greycliff, MT
August 29th, 2021
A walk in the woods where the Trilliums grow
The birds were quiet but the wildflowers were singing. Had the wrong lens for these shots! Had to back up and back up some more!
Exiting the tunnel at Muir the ML will cruise down Bozeman Pass to Livingston where we will give up the chase that started in Helena. Once we got to West End the weather had changed so we moved back west to sunnier skies.
Montana Rail Link's system wide manifest train from Missoula to Laurel (ML) summits Bozeman Pass at West-End with help from a Livingston-based helper set.
Pink Floyd Tribute Concert by ML @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chi/86/176/23
Yes there is a short video too at : www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqdVO8M1h20
Credit to Zach for picking this spot out. We saw this guy heading out of the sunset and into darkness the evening prior and assumed it was long gone, but upon arrival in Logan in the morning found them about to swap crews for a nicely lit run up the pass!