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| The old Great Northern Railroad runs through northern Montana - the line is now part of BNSF. It's one of the mainlines between the Midwest and the Pacific. Even though the line is basicly single line, there is quite a lot of traffic.
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Near Essex |
| Eastbound grain train near Essex, headed by BNSF 4736 + BNSF 5171 (both GE C44-9W's), March 24, 2005, 13:44. |
BNSF 4736 + 5171 (82 kb) |
BNSF 4736 + 5171 (89 kb) |
BNSF 4736 + 5171 (62 kb) |
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Marias Pass area |
| Westbound grain train just east of Marias Pass Summit, headed by BNSF 4057 + BNSF 5055 (GE C44-9W's), March 24, 2005, 14:30. |
Westbound auto train just east of Marias Pass Summit, headed by BNSF 6320 (EMD SD40u, ex-BN 6309) + BNSF 4691 (GE C44-9W) + FURX 7930 (EMD SD40-2, ex-BN 7930), March 24, 2005, 14:41 |
BNSF 4057 + BNSF 5055 (141 kb) |
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BNSF 6320 + BNSF 4691 + FURX 7930 (100 kb) |
Browning |
| Westbound grain train, headed by BNSF 5390 (GE C44-9CW) + BNSF 864 (GE C40-8CW) + helpers BNSF 1098 (GE C44-9CW) and KCS 2009 (GE AC4400CW), March 24, 2005, 15:53. |
BNSF 5390 + 864 at the head of the train (79 kb) |
BNSF grain train (82 kb) |
Kansas City Southern 2009 (73 kb) |
Both helpers - BNSF 1098 + KCS 2009 (92 kb) |
| Eastbound stack train, headed by BNSF 5138 + BNSF 5XXX (both GE C44-9W's), March 24, 2005, 15:28. |
Into the night - a westbound stack train headed by a GE + BNSF 6922 (EMD SD40-2, ex-BN 6900) starts just east of Browning in the fading light after sunset. March 24, 2005, 20:17. |
BNSF 5138 + 5XXX (66 kb) |
BNSF 5138 + 5XXX (58 kb) |
Into the night (82 kb) |
Shelby
We stayed in Shelby for the night, next to the BNSF mainline. The next morning we did a bit of railfanning. The weather was cold, but the sky was blue. |
| Just opposite our motel 3 locomotives were standing the next morning, BNSF 725 (GE C44-9W) + BNSF 769 (GE C44-9W) + BNSF 6788 (EMD SD40-2, ex-BN 6788). We actually saw BNSF 769 about 48 hours earlier, near Sprague in Washington, as helper on a grain train. So this locomotive probably made the trip Sprague - Portland - Shelby, about 1100 mi, in less than 48 hours. March 25, 2005. |
BNSF 725 in Warbonnet paint, behind it BSNF 769 (225 kb) |
BNSF 769 in Warbonnet paint (217 kb) |
BNSF 6788 (94 kb) |
Close-up of BNSF 6788 (65 kb) |
| Westbound grain train headed by BNSF 5214 (GE C44-9CW) + BNSF 824 (GE C40-8CW) and helpers BNSF 1099 (GE C44-9CW) + BNSF 827 (GE C40-8CW). March 25, 2005, 09:21. |
BNSF 5214 + BNSF 824 entering Shelby with a grain train (63 kb) |
BNSF 5214 (68 kb) |
Helpers BNSF 1099 + BNSF 827 (82 kb) |
| Parked eastbound stacktrain headed by BNSF 7050 (EMD SD40-2, ex-BN 7050) + HLCX 6509 (EMD SD40M-3, rebuild from SD45 by Morrison-Knudsen, ex-MKCX 9509, exx-CNW 6581, exxx-BN 6462, exxxx-CBQ 521) + BNSF 6920 (EMD SD40-2, ex-BN 6920), March 25, 2005. |
2 shunting engines in Shelby, BNSF 2879 (EMD GP39M, ex-BN 2879) + BNSF 2184 (EMD GP38X, ex-BN 2184), March 25, 2005. |
BNSF 7050 (156 kb) |
HLCX 6509 (54 kb) |
BNSF 2879 (70 kb) |
| Eastbound auto train headed by BNSF 7670 (GE ES44DC) + a faded BNSF 4484 (GE C44-9CW). March 25, 2005, 09:54. |
BNSF 7670 + BNSF 4484 (76 kb) |
BNSF 7670 + BNSF 4484 (89 kb) |
BNSF 7670 (95 kb) |
BNSF 4484 (92 kb) |
