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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. Montana Western #203

    Montana Western #203

    An ex. Montana Western GP9 sits in Rarus Railway's yard in Anaconda, Mt.
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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. New Coal Hopper

    New Coal Hopper

    a new coal hopper on a coal train as it passes through Laurel yard
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    • Category: Freight Cars
  7. 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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  8. 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
  9. 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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  10. 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
  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. BNSF SD40-2's

    BNSF SD40-2's

    2 BNSF SD40-2's in H1 pull a mixed freight westward past the Quality Inn in Billings.
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  14. EMD leasing fleet SD60's

    EMD leasing fleet SD60's

    A pair of SD60's from EMD's leasing fleet sit near the yard office/dispatching tower (which I got a tour of while I was there) at MRL's Laurel yard.
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    • Category: Lease Units, Demonstrators, Specials etc.
  15. Coal through Billings

    Coal through Billings

    A loaded coal train, lead by 2 SD40-2XR's, rolls westward past the Quality Inn in Billings, Mt.
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  16. Norfolk Southern SD70M at MRL's Laurel Yard

    Norfolk Southern SD70M at MRL's Laurel Yard

    Another pic. of the NS SD70M at Laurel.
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  17. SD40's pulling coal through Billings

    SD40's pulling coal through Billings

    Two of MRL's SD40's pull a loaded coal train past the Quality Inn in Billings, Mt. The train is headed west towards MRL's Laurel yard.
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  18. The cab of a Norfolk Southern SD70M

    The cab of a Norfolk Southern SD70M

    A pic. of the cab of the NS SD70M in Laurel. It is of the later design.
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  19. Norfolk Southern SD70M in Laurel, Mt?!?!

    Norfolk Southern SD70M in Laurel, Mt?!?!

    A Norfolk Southern SD70M idles at Montana Rail Link's Laurel yard in Laurel, Mt. Note that the cab/nose is the later version seen on some of Union Pacific's & Norfolk Southern's SD70M's.
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  20. BNSF 4948 at Laurel

    BNSF 4948 at Laurel

    BNSF Dash 9-44CW #4948 leads a long grain train through the east end of Montana Rail Link's Laurel yard. Location: Laurel, Mt Railroad: BNSF Locomotive/Train: Dash 9-44CW Date: April 2007
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    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe


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