Steam On Mullan Pass

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I was up on the

On Montana Rail Link's 3rd Subdivision, trains must cross the continental divide by battling the notorious

Since its founding in October 1987, the Montana Rail Link has plied the rails laid down by the Northern Pacific in the Big Sky ...

This is a long video: 21 minutes. I had looked at cutting it, but it shows the whole event and there really wasn't anywhere to chop ...

Modeling the End of

Modeling the End of

Hey Everyone, This is a Shorter Video for you all to see, This is Northern Pacific

First Trailer for new Short Documentary Starring NP Brass models. © Model Railway Backshop 2025.

No idea what prompted the manifest engineer to be in such a rush, but as soon as he got the siding at Austin he proceeded to ...

Montana Rail Link Helpers power a BNSF Manifest Freight up

After visiting Marias we wanted to slip down to Helena and visit the area again. Being there we were naturally right on the MRL ...

Trailer for new Short Documentary Starring NP Brass models. © Model Railway Backshop 2025.

This is the epic battle of high tonnage trains verses gravity! Montana Rail Link utilizes manned helpers based in Helena to assist ...

3 BNSF ACe's on point, plus 4 MRL ACe's mid-train and a lone GEVO at the rear drag a 128-car coal train past Austin and on up ...

Greenhorn Trestle is graced with the elegance of an Executive SD70MAC-led 125 car coal train. Oh and some other locomotives ...

MRL Laurel Missoula stalls on Mullan Pass

Presented in 4K - 45 minutes of heavy freight train action on the

A trio of SD45's plus a set of mid-train helpers take a long manifest over Greenhorn Trestle and up

Another long one I'm afraid, so if you want to get straight to the action skip to 6:30. This video shows the old Iron Ridge Tunnel on ...