A day on the Mission Mountain Railroad | MMT's Stryker Turn | 5/9/2024

On a warm May 9th, I found myself in the small northwestern Montana town of Eureka as I have many times to catch the Mission Mountain Railroad in action. Today as with most WAMX 3946 will lead loaded center beam cars laden with Canadian born lumber south to Stryker. There it will interchange with BNSF and bring empty cars back north to the transload facility.
Train ID: MMT Stryker Turn
Location(s): Eureka, Dahlberg, Fortine, Trego, Stryker
Date: 5/9/2024
Camera: Canon EOS 80D
A side note that does not have any effect on anyone except me. Sadly the past Locomotive Engineer (along with bearing many other hats), left MMT recently. Wherever you are out there, you know who you are. I would like to thank you for your kindness and generosity in sharing some of your knowledge with me over the last few years. It was always great to see a friendly face at the controls when railfanning this little railroad. I wish you good luck, and you will be missed being seen by this railfan.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:40 Eureka Transload
03:35 Respoting WAMX 3942
08:30 Dahlberg Southbound
10:50 Fortine Southbound
12:30 Trego Southbound
14:25 Stryker
19:05 Trego Northbound
21:30 Fortine Northbound
24:20 Dahlberg Northbound
26:40 Outro