MRL Montana Main Line (Part 1)

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  • Опубликовано: 5 янв 2025

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  • @7ideaproductions
    @7ideaproductions  3 месяца назад +49

    I originally released this on DVD back in 2011, around 13 years before the line would revert back to BNSF. The main goal back then was capturing the nearly solid set of SD45's in the helper pool out of Livingston, since they were on borrowed time. I hope you enjoy the program!

    • @taylorbaggarleyunionpacifi3409
      @taylorbaggarleyunionpacifi3409 3 месяца назад +1

      I love montana rail link they soft I like I miss those good times I was so happy grew up with them I love when young I had so many good tines I want get more power of them in ho scale thank u Aaron for sharing this

    • @MesquiteBelt
      @MesquiteBelt 3 месяца назад

      Thank You for documenting this line!

    • @scottb8175
      @scottb8175 3 месяца назад

      Going to mis those turbo 20 cylinder 645's at run 8. What a trademark sound of big western mountain railroads in the 70's-80's. I was lucky enough to be trackside to see the last of MRL's 45's, including a lead F45 westbound out of thick morning fog right across from the abandoned Milwaukee bridge at Beavertail.

    • @davidballoid2118
      @davidballoid2118 2 месяца назад

      I just like the 4 Axle Road Switchers.

  • @MRL_4303
    @MRL_4303 Месяц назад +1

    God I miss MRL. Was an honor to work for them.

    • @1ales1
      @1ales1 27 дней назад

      @@MRL_4303 May I ask you if it is possible to get mail contact from someone who works with locomotives and who could for me record engine sounds inside cab one of gp35 and sd40 until those old emds are still active. Maybe probably the best choice would be a locomotive workshop in Livingston. You probably know the situation there if you have been working for MRL. I hope you know someone or you can forward to any mail contact where i can write about this. If you have any good answer, can we go to private communication on mail?

    • @1ales1
      @1ales1 27 дней назад

      @MRL_4403 May I ask you if it is possible to get mail contact from someone who works with locomotives and who could for me record engine sounds inside cab one of gp35 and sd40 until those old emds are still active. Maybe probably the best choice would be a locomotive workshop in Livingston. You probably know the situation there if you have been working for MRL. I hope you know someone or you can forward to any mail contact where i can write about this

    • @1ales1
      @1ales1 26 дней назад

      @MRL_4303 May I ask you if it is possible to get mail contact from someone who works with locomotives and who could for me record engine sounds inside cab one of gp35 and sd40 until those old emds are still active. Maybe probably the best choice would be a locomotive workshop in Livingston. You probably know the situation there if you have been working for MRL. I hope you know someone or you can forward to any mail contact where i can write about this

  • @caseyalan5812
    @caseyalan5812 3 месяца назад +4

    I’m so happy this is on RUclips!

  • @NWFProductions
    @NWFProductions 3 месяца назад +7

    This is the MRL I remember, MRL SD40-2s, SD45,s and Geeps around every corner. I was a very young kid then and did not have a camera nor the care to video or take pictures, that's all changed now. When MRL announced its closing that was the moment I decided a camera was on the top of my priority list as a 16-year-old. I got many videos of MRL in its final breaths all be it none of them very good as I have just now started to become very good with a DSLR. MRL made memories that will last a lifetime, and I will always remember it as my home state railroad. Though I lived in the Flathead my whole life MRL always held a special place in my heart, I always wished to become a locomotive engineer on MRL, and now BNSF, UP, or a shortline will have to do. Nothing you have in life will last forever, don't take advantage of it as it will be gone someday. Get out there, do what you love, don't let anyone stop you, and when your in your final days you won't have to regret what you never did, you will pass into the next life knowing you did your best and lived life to it's fullest. Thank you 7 Idea for the great video, and great commentary, keep up the great work, and I can't wait to see the next one.

    • @turkfiles
      @turkfiles 3 месяца назад +1

      What a great story you tell. Those early experiences certainly leave quite an impression on us. I grew up in Chicago, only a few blocks away from Chicago & Northwestern Railway.
      Enjoyed it very much.
      I left Chicago for Colorado and loved the D&RGW RR. Sadly all of my favorites are now “Fallen Flags”. Am grateful to UP for creating the SD70Ace Heritage units. Rarely see those out here in SoCal where I now live.

    • @NWFProductions
      @NWFProductions 3 месяца назад

      @@turkfiles Chicago, Colorado, so cal, what a great variety of scenery and an even better variety of railroads, I am a fan of the Rio Grande and Chicago Northwestern too. Fallen flags were often the best flags, wish I was old enough to where I would have got to see the 70s, 80s, and 90s, born a little late I guess.

  • @NS1221Productions
    @NS1221Productions 3 месяца назад +10

    Babe, wake up
    7idea productions uploaded

  • @gotthard-suedrampe
    @gotthard-suedrampe 3 месяца назад +1

    Thank you. Well done and presented in a very interesting way.

  • @ethanhufnagel4509
    @ethanhufnagel4509 3 месяца назад +1

    Nice video complation on this program, I grew up with this railroad called the Montana Rail Link when I lived in Townsend, Montana from 2002 to 2018. This railroad has a special place in my heart. I am sorry it went away but they wanted to terminate the 999 year lease it was under back in the 1980s. BNSF took over the Montana Rail Link this past Janurary 1st. I hope this program will make you reflect back on everybody's years on the Montana Rail Link.

  • @HarryPalmer-P.I.
    @HarryPalmer-P.I. 3 месяца назад

    Love that old water tower at Logan.

  • @Nicola636128
    @Nicola636128 3 месяца назад +1

    Oustanding part one!

  • @yankeesforlife24
    @yankeesforlife24 3 месяца назад +1

    This is pretty cool to see, especially since I’m qualified all the way fro, North Dakota to Helena

  • @bobtrevorah2305
    @bobtrevorah2305 3 месяца назад

    Thank you! It's so damned good to see and (especially) hear the iconic EMDs in service rather than the usual parade of endless GEs on all the other roads!! Man, they sure sound good!! I appreciate your time and effort. Fantastic video!!

  • @user-vh1uc6in7b
    @user-vh1uc6in7b 3 месяца назад +1

    This is awesome.

  • @rogertemple7193
    @rogertemple7193 3 месяца назад +4

    This is a great train video to watch on a Friday night and
    enjoy it with some pizza and a soda thanks.🚂🚃🚃🇺🇲

  • @CSXEK
    @CSXEK 3 месяца назад +1

    Oh yes a fine video 7idea productions I love all the train content especially thoes SD45s!

  • @edmundk7056
    @edmundk7056 3 месяца назад +4

    Great compositions, colors and settings and endurance, perseverance just great content!

  • @MrDgwphotos
    @MrDgwphotos 3 месяца назад +2

    38:04 Double MRL Oddities: 250, the sole original SD40-2, and 290, SDP40.

  • @cnichting08
    @cnichting08 2 месяца назад

    I was surprised to see mrl 332 on this video I remember seeing her on Cincinnati east terminal railroad back in July 2020

  • @heinzbreuer2674
    @heinzbreuer2674 2 месяца назад

    Ein wunderschönes Video bin sehr begeistert 😊.

  • @pauljung7611
    @pauljung7611 3 месяца назад +3

    Wow awsome

  • @emwungarand
    @emwungarand 3 месяца назад

    EMD's are God's choice of engine. That sound cannot be explained otherwise.

  • @edmundk7056
    @edmundk7056 3 месяца назад +3

    Thanks for the great eye and content!

  • @genewalter5022
    @genewalter5022 2 месяца назад

    Was watching your vid and was wanting to say it was a good accounting ot MRL. I saw that at 19:11 you showed a coal train going over the bridge that failed and dumped the cars into the Yellowstone river and shut down the route. I could tell that the video was taken while the old highway bridge was still up by the shadow of the hwy bridge. It was taken out because the pears were being washed away like the failed RR bridge.

  • @EntertainmentWorldz
    @EntertainmentWorldz 3 месяца назад

    great video ❤❤😍😍

  • @RockymountainRobert
    @RockymountainRobert 3 месяца назад

    I lived in Montana as a kid, it was fun 😁

  • @jleveille2
    @jleveille2 3 месяца назад

    Thank you Thank you and Oh Yeah thanks for this video I grew up hearing the EMDS. Instead of watching your videos eating Bagels I watch your videos While using the treadmill at University of maine rec center

  • @bkayganich
    @bkayganich 3 месяца назад

    Hello, slight correction at 5:23. DTE serves the thumb region, and Southeast Michigan, not Southwest. Consumers Energy serves Southwest MI.

  • @brendenkennedy4304
    @brendenkennedy4304 3 месяца назад +5

    Hey wait a minuet I have this exact DVD both part one and part two as well. How are you doing this evening? I love trains a lot. Trains are pretty hard not to like correct?

  • @andrewwhite2863
    @andrewwhite2863 3 месяца назад

    There is a private HO scale layout that I go to once a month. That is based off this area.

  • @MontanaDirtRoads
    @MontanaDirtRoads 11 дней назад

    Don't know if I'm blessed or cursed to live next to the laurel yard

  • @MrDgwphotos
    @MrDgwphotos 3 месяца назад +2

    18:52 I believe that's the bridge that collapsed with a train on it recently.

    • @7ideaproductions
      @7ideaproductions  3 месяца назад

      That is correct. The bridge near Reed Point.

    • @scottb8175
      @scottb8175 3 месяца назад

      @@7ideaproductions Rumor is the replacement Reed Point plate girder bridge spans are from the Milwaukee bridge removed from near Nimrod, MT about 2016. The parallel Reed Point road truss bridge was closed and dismantled in 2021 due to scour under the piers, which is what likely caused the railroad bridge to fail too.

    • @yankeesforlife24
      @yankeesforlife24 3 месяца назад

      @@scottb8175I can tell you with pretty good confidence that is false. Bnsf brought in fresh equipment, materials, and manpower while it was still MRL to bring the bridge back into service with new everything. It is only supposed to be temporary however since they plan on building a new bridge

  • @jimconnor8274
    @jimconnor8274 3 месяца назад

    Truly enjoy your channel. Have you even filmed the daily CN oil can train from Canada south along the western shore of lake Champlain and the Hudson river to New York city?

  • @kvcroff
    @kvcroff 3 месяца назад

    Hey Aaron, do you think one day soon you'll make a video life after MRL?????? I'm from Glacier County just wanted to throw that in love all the videos.

  • @jamielacourse7578
    @jamielacourse7578 3 месяца назад

    Nice to see scare stripes.

  • @MissouriandIllinoisRailfan
    @MissouriandIllinoisRailfan 3 месяца назад

    how often do trains run on this route?

  • @Noblemarq12
    @Noblemarq12 3 месяца назад +2

    Didn't BNSF Buy them?

  • @davidballoid2118
    @davidballoid2118 2 месяца назад

    It's suppose to be Announced as (He-Lena) not (Hel-lena). 👌Okay?

  • @joshwalton133
    @joshwalton133 3 месяца назад

    Is the Montana railing railroad still exist or has it been taken over by BNSF

    • @MrDgwphotos
      @MrDgwphotos 3 месяца назад

      MRL as an independent railroad no longer exists, but BNSF is still operating the line with MRL equipment from other more recent videos I've seen, though they've also integrated BNSF equipment as part of the operations. For example, the Mullan helper sets now contain one BNSF unit, probably to have radio control.

    • @yankeesforlife24
      @yankeesforlife24 3 месяца назад

      @@MrDgwphotosthose helper sets aren’t radio controlled. They dont have or need dpu capability

  • @WatPaul-e3b
    @WatPaul-e3b 3 месяца назад

    Hackett Ramp

  • @OnionsDylan
    @OnionsDylan 3 месяца назад

    0130 Jeremy Avenue

  • @BartMirabelle-i3w
    @BartMirabelle-i3w 3 месяца назад

    Haylie Springs

  • @PatrickBarnes-n7e
    @PatrickBarnes-n7e 3 месяца назад

    Kristopher Valleys

  • @travisgoff99
    @travisgoff99 3 месяца назад

    Montana Rail Link is no more