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  1. Rarus GP9 #302

    Rarus GP9 #302

    Rarus Railway GP9 #302 & GP7 #301 (not visible in this picture) get ready to couple up to the other end of the Copper King Express for the trip back to Anaconda. #302 is equipped with Dynamic braking & a Nathan/Airchime K5LA airhorn (not sure, but I don't think the K5 was its original horn)
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    • #302 302 anaconda braking butte copper dynamic emd express geep gp9 k5la king montana mt nathan/airchime railway rarus rarw
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  2. Butte streetcar

    Butte streetcar

    An old steet car (probably ex. BA&P [Butte, Anaconda, & Pacific]) sits on display out in the parking lot of the Berkley Pit Viewing Area.
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    • & 2007 anaconda ba&p berkley butte car electric june lot montana mt pacific parking pit street streetcar
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Trolley and Electrics
  3. MWRR Caboose

    MWRR Caboose

    A former Montana Western Caboose painted in OLS (Operation Life Saver) paint sits in Rarus Railway's yard in Anaconda, Mt
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    • anaconda caboose life montana mt mwrr ols operation railway rarus rarw saver western yard
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    • Category: Caboose
  4. Street Car in Butte

    Street Car in Butte

    An old steet car (probably ex. BA&P [Butte, Anaconda, & Pacific]) sits on display out in the parking lot of the Berkley Pit Viewing Area.
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    • & 2007 anaconda ba&p berkley butte car electric june lot montana mt pacific parking pit street streetcar
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Trolley and Electrics
  5. BNSF Dash 9 on Bozeman Pass

    BNSF Dash 9 on Bozeman Pass

    BNSF Dash 9-44CW #4345 leads several other Dash9's & a bunch of grain hoppers up the west slope of Bozeman Pass.
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    • 2 2007 9-44cw bnsf bozeman c44-9w dash dash9 dash9-44cw ge h2 heritage ii june link montana mrl mt pass rail
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    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  6. My 1st ALCO!!!!

    My 1st ALCO!!!!

    An Alco S-4 sitting in Rarus Railway's yard in Anaconda, Mt. It's one of the least likely places I'd expect to find an ALCO.
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    • 2007 alco american anaconda company june locomotive montana mt railway rarus rarw s-3 s3 switcher
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Diesels
  7. Slag Piles at Anaconda

    Slag Piles at Anaconda

    These are the piles of slag (a by-product of copper smelting) at Anaconda, Mt. Lokk closly & you can see the tracks going up the piles. What they would do is build tracks up the slag piles; when copper was smelted, it left behind a byproduct called slag. They would load the slag into...
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    • anaconda copper montana mt piles slag smelter smelting track
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    • Category: Track
  8. Montana Western GP9 in Anaconda

    Montana Western GP9 in Anaconda

    ex.MWRR GP9 #203 sitsin RARW's yard in Anaconda, Mt
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    • #203 203 anaconda emd gp9 low montana mt mwrr nosed railway rarus rarw western
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  9. Montana Western #203

    Montana Western #203

    An ex. Montana Western GP9 sits in Rarus Railway's yard in Anaconda, Mt.
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    • #203 203 anaconda emd gp9 low montana mt mwrr nosed railway rarus rarw western
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  10. Truck of a Grain Hopper

    Truck of a Grain Hopper

    A close-up view of a truck on a BNSF grain hopper at Laurel, Mt. Location: Laurel, Mt Railroad: BNSF Date: April 2007
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    • 2007 april bnsf grain hopper laurel link montana mrl mt rail truck
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    • Category: Detail Photos
  11. Operation Life Saver!

    Operation Life Saver!

    Montana Rail Link SD35 #703 in RCL service at MRL's Laurel yard.
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    • #703 2006 703 caboose control division electro emd laurel lif link locomotive montana motive mrl mt october ols operation rail rc rcl remote sd35 yard
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  12. New Coal Hopper

    New Coal Hopper

    a new coal hopper on a coal train as it passes through Laurel yard
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    • bnsf coal hopper laurel link montana mrl mt new rail yard
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    • Category: Freight Cars
  13. BNSF Grain through Laurel

    BNSF Grain through Laurel

    A BNSF grain train makes its way east as it passes through the south end of Laurel Yard.
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    • 2007 april bnsf east-bound grain laurel link montana mrl mt rail train yard
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    • Category: Western United States
  14. MRL MoW

    MRL MoW

    A MRL MoW crane at the Laurel Yard last October.
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    • '06 06 2006 crane laurel link maintenance montana mow mrl mt october of rail way yard
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  15. MRL's flares at Laurel

    MRL's flares at Laurel

    2 locos w/ flared radiators, an MRL SD70ACe & an MRL SD45 sit at Laurel yard. The SD45 apears kinda shiney, making it look like it might have gotten washed recently. Most of MRL's SD45's that I see are usualy covered with a nice layer of dirt, soot, ect...
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    • 2006 emd flare flared flares laurel link montana mrl october radiators rail sd45 sd70ace yard
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  16. BNSF ES44DC & Dash 9 at Laurel

    BNSF ES44DC & Dash 9 at Laurel

    A BNSF Dash 9-44CW in H2 & an ES44DC in H2 pass through MRL's Laurel Yard.
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    • 2006 9 bn bnsf c44-9w cascade dash dash9 dash9-44cw emd es44dc evolution ge gevo green h2 laurel link montana mrl october rail yard
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    • Category: Yards
  17. SD35 #702

    SD35 #702

    MRL SD35 #702 at Laurel Yard. MRL uses its SD35's in Laurel for yard switching, usualy w/ an RC caboose coupled to them so they can be operated by RC controlers (i'm not quite sure what the advantage of RC switching is over switching w/ someone in the cab; safty, maybe?)
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    • #702 2006 702 emd laurel link montana mrl mt october rail sd35 yard
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  18. Close up of swoosh-logoed grain hopper

    Close up of swoosh-logoed grain hopper

    A close up of the "swoosh" on a swoosh-logoed BNSF grain hopper as a BNSF grain train passes through the east end of Laurel Yard.
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    • 2007 april bnsf grain hopper laurel link montana mrl mt rail swoosh swoosh-logoed yard
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Rolling Stock
  19. Montana Rail Link SD70ACe #4307

    Montana Rail Link SD70ACe #4307

    MRL SD70ACe #4307, along with another MRL ACe, sit in Laurel Yard while waiting for their next assignment.
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    • #4307 2007 4307 april emd laurel link montana mrl mt rail sd70ace yard
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  20. HERZOG gondola

    HERZOG gondola

    A mixed freight passes through Billings past the Quality Inn on its way to MRL's Laurel yard. I happened to get a pic. of this HERZOG high-sided gondola.
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    • billings bnsf freight gondola herzog high high-sided hotel inn laurel link mixed montana mrl mt quality rail rolling sided stock westbound yard
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    • Category: Western United States


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