Since we just discussed the one fly-fisher whiner from Montana concerning the parked cars on the embargoed GN line from Great Falls to Helena.

I just thought I would pass on these postings from the YahooGroups MRL site.

It sounds very interesting if you can get a photo - no trains since 2003 it sounds like!

Talk to ya later,
Dale Jones
www.railroads-of-montana.com



Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:52 pm
As of tonight, the TTX cars are stacked into downtown Craig, on both
the mainline and passing track. Also, there are two BNSF units, a Dash-
40 and another six axle unit tied down at Silver City. I snapped a few
photos if interested.

Obviously, these have come off MRL at Helena, as the washout at Ulm is
still there. Strangely, these have rolled past my house and I haven't
noticed one yet. I don't believe any train has been down this end of
the BNSF Helena branch since some gondolas were pulled from cold
storage at Silver City and Sieben in December of 2003.

Chris in Helena


Re: [MRL] Re: Parking on the Helena sub

This wouldn't happen to be BNSF 844 (swoosh C40-8W) and 7003 (green SD40-2)
would it? If it is, I caught it going through Fort Collins, CO on Christmas Eve
morning.
I asked my dad why they were running a NB baretable and he said it was because
of this storing outside Helena. They were moving it off the Raton line heading
that way. The train sat north of Fort Collins in a siding until Thursday.
~wko