Montana Rail Link

Montana Rail Link
Montana Rail Link

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MRL 652 EMD SD19-1.jpg
MRL #652 EMD SD19-1, coupled between two Union Pacific engines.
Reporting mark MRL
Locale Idaho, Montana, Washington
Dates of operation 1987–
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters Missoula, Montana
Montana Rail Link
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BNSF to Seattle
BNSF to Portland
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BNSF to Kettle Falls
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Spokane
Stop on track
Yardley
Stop on track
Hauser
Coeur d'Alene
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Station on track
Sandpoint
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BNSF to Bonners Ferry
Joint trackage with BNSF to Spokane
Unrestricted border on track
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Kootenai
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Hope
Stop on track
Clark Fork
Stop on track
Noxon
Stop on track
Trout Creek
Stop on track
Thompson Falls
Stop on track
Woodlin
Stop on track
Plains
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Polson
Straight track Straight track Stop on track
Pablo
Straight track Stop on track Straight track
Paradise
St Regis
Stop on track Straight track Stop on track
Ronan
Straight track Stop on track Straight track
Perma
Superior
Stop on track Straight track Stop on track
Charlo
Straight track Junction from left Track turning right
Frenchtown
Stop on track Stop on track
Dixon
Schilling
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Ravalli
Straight track Stop on track
Arlee
Track turning left Junction from right
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DeSmet
Station on track
Missoula
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Lolo
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Bonner
Florence
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Clinton
Stevensville
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Bearmouth
Victor
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Drummond
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Hall
Corvallis
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Gold Creek
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Maxville
Hamilton
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Phosphate
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Philipsburg
Darby
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Garrison
BNSF to Buttee
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Avon
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Elliston
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Blossburg
Mullan Pass
Enter and exit tunnel
Mullan Tunnel 3,426-foot (1,044 m)
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BNSF to Great Falls
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Helena
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East Helena
Montanna City
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Spire Rock
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Louisville
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Winston
Twin Bridge
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Townsend
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Whitehall
Sheridan
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Toston
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Sappington
Alder
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Clarkson
Harrison
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Trident
Stop on track Straight track
Three Forks
Junction from left Track turning right
Stop on track
Logan
Stop on track
Manhattan
Stop on track
Belgrade
Bozeman
Station on track
Bozeman Pass
Enter and exit tunnel
Bozeman Tunnel 3,015-foot (919 m)
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Wilsall
Livingston
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City Park
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Stop on track
Mission
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Big Timber
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Greycliff
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Reed Point
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Columbus
BNSF to Denver
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Station on track
Laurel
Stop on track
Mossmain
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BNSF to Great Falls
Station on track
Billings
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East Billings
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Huntley
BNSF to Kansas City
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Jones Junction
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BNSF to Twin Cities

Montana Rail Link (reporting mark MRL) is a privately held Class II railroad in the United States. MRL, which operates on trackage originally built by the Northern Pacific Railway, is a unit of the Washington Companies,[1] and is headquartered in Missoula, Montana.

The railroad runs between Huntley, Montana and Spokane, Washington, largely within Montana, and the main line passes through the towns of Missoula, Livingston, Bozeman, Billings, and Helena. Montana Rail Link connects with the BNSF on both ends and also in Garrison, Montana. The railroad has over 900 miles of track, serves 100 stations, and employs approximately 1,000 personnel. The main yard is in Laurel, Montana, while a smaller yard is in Missoula.

Montana Rail Link's present status and main line date back to 1987, when MRL under Missoula businessman Dennis Washington agreed to lease Burlington Northern's southern Montana main line between Sandpoint, Idaho and Huntley, Montana, near Billings. This spin-off was controversial as it happened during contract negotiations between Burlington Northern and the United Transportation Union. MRL workers are represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Montana Rail Link trains operate between Sandpoint and Spokane using trackage rights over BN successor BNSF Railway's tracks connecting those points.

Montana Rail Link still uses cabooses, which are used to carry remote control switching equipment, on some trains. A significant number of MRL movements are actually BNSF trains, complete with locomotives, that MRL receives at one end of its track and forwards back to BNSF at the other end. MRL also operates trains of its own to gather and distribute local freight along its lines. Forest products and grain are primary commodities, and MRL also operates a special train, called the Gas Local, between Missoula and Thompson Falls, Montana, to bridge a gap in a long-distance gasoline pipeline.

On September 8, 2005, Montana Rail Link took delivery of locomotive number 4300, the first of 16 new EMD SD70ACe locomotives. This is the first locomotive that the railroad has ordered new from a manufacturer, and it and the rest of the class are intended to replace aging SD40 and SD45 class locomotives on trains crossing the Rocky Mountains over the continental divide at Mullan Pass near Helena, Montana and Bozeman Pass near Bozeman, Montana.[2]

References

  1. ^ Taking the last name of Dennis Washington rather than the state of Washington.
  2. ^ Danneman, Thomas (March 2006). "New Muscle for Montana". Trains Magazine 66 (3): p 38–41. 
Montana Rail Link boxcar on the CRANDIC at Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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