| Montana RailLink | |
|---|---|
| Reporting marks | MRL |
| Locale | Idaho, Montana, Washington |
| Dates of operation | 1987–present |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge) |
| Headquarters | Missoula, Montana |
Montana RailLink (AAR reporting marks MRL) is a privately held Class II railroad in the United States. A reporting mark is an identification assigned by the Association of American Railroads (AAR to rail carriers and other companies operating in North America. The State of Idaho ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. The Millimetre ( American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to The standard gauge (also named the Stephenson gauge after George Stephenson, or Normal gauge) is a widely-used Rail gauge. A reporting mark is an identification assigned by the Association of American Railroads (AAR to rail carriers and other companies operating in North America. A Class II railroad in the United States is a mid-sized freight-hauling railroad in terms of its operating revenue The United States of America —commonly referred to as the MRL, which operates on trackage originally built by the Northern Pacific Railway, is a unit of the Washington Group of Companies [taking the last name of Dennis Washington rather than the state of Washington. The Northern Pacific Railway was a railway that operated in the north-central region of the United States. ] headquartered in Missoula, Montana.
The railroad runs between Billings, Montana, and Spokane, Washington, largely within Montana, and the main line passes through the towns of Missoula, Livingston, Bozeman, and Helena. Billings is the largest city in the US state of Montana, located in the south-central portion of the state Livingston is a city in and the County seat of Park County, Montana, United States. Bozeman is a city in and the County seat of Gallatin County, Montana, United States, in the southwestern part of the state Helena (ˈhɛlɨnə is the Capital city of the US state of Montana and the County seat of Lewis and Clark County Montana RailLink connects with the BNSF on both ends and also in Garrison, Montana. The BNSF Railway headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is one of the four remaining Transcontinental railroads and one of the largest railroad networks in 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. A ( US and Canada) classification yard or ( UK and Canada) marshalling yard (including hump yards) is a Railroad Laurel is a city in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States.
Montana RailLink's present status and main line date back to 1987, when MRL under Missoula businessman Dennis Washington agreed to lease from Burlington Northern's southern Montana main line between Spokane, Washington and Huntley, Montana. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Dennis R Washington (born 1934 is a Montana -based Industrialist and Philanthropist who owns or owns controlling interest in a large consortium of privately The Burlington Northern Railroad was a United States -based Railroad company operating between 1970 and 1996 Huntley is a Census-designated place (CDP in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States. This spin-off was controversial as it happened during contract negotiations between Burlington Northern and the United Transportation Union. The United Transportation Union (UTU is headquartered in Cleveland Ohio. Workers are represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Montana RailLink is notable as one of the few railroads still using cabooses, which are used to carry remote control switching equipment. A caboose (North American Railway terminology) or brake van or guard's van (British terminology is a manned rail transport vehicle coupled at
On September 8, 2005, Montana RailLink took delivery of locomotive number 4300, the first of 16 new EMD SD70ACe locomotives. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The EMD SD70 is a series of Diesel-electric locomotives produced by the Electro-Motive Diesel beginning in 1992. 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. An EMD SD40 is a 6-axle diesel Locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1966 and August 1972 The EMD SD-45 is a six-axle diesel Locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between December 1965 and December 1971 Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a Mountain range in western North America. [1]
References
- ^ Danneman, Thomas (March 2006). "New Muscle for Montana". Trains Magazine 66 (3): p 38–41. ISSN 0041-0934.
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