Thanks airing and sharing the outstanding video with magnificent locomotives. Endeavors are preponderating. Bliss

As a long time rail fan and rider, your work is the best

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Steven!

Come for the exquisite video…..and stay for the great music. You’ve done justice to the MRL. Great work!

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

This is a very special video to me. I use to live Between Garrison and Avon Montana in the mountains. This was like seeing "home". Always was amazed by how long the coal trains were that headed to Helena and all the Engines that were on them to get up over the pass. Thank you SO MUCH for this fantastic production and for what it mean to me personally to get to see this area again. Age and health had caused me to move to the south east of the country and where I'm at here in the NE corner of Tennessee, there aren't even any rails closer than an hour away from me. I miss hearing the trains.

@TheRailfanDan

4 ай бұрын

Well hey thanks again for your comment! I'm glad this could bring you back to "home!" That is too bad you aren't close to any rails anymore but it's great you have KZread at your fingertips to watch and endless number of videos that everyone here has to offer.

was in this area mid-June 2021 -just have a simple camera, unable to produce such imagines -mostly just stand along the tracks and enjoy the moments of passing trains with their roaring sound -very happy there are people like you that let me relive those moments with such perfect videos -thank you, excellent work

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Magnificent country, magnificent train and a magnificent video. Superb, as usual, Dan. Thank you.

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ken.

Love your videos Dan. Creative visuals. Super high quality. You almost tell a journeys story. You set the benchmark for others to aspire to.

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot I appreciate that! Just enjoying the hobby I love. 😁

Dedication shown here, snow and wind. Another great video thanks Dan. Love MRL it’s an awesome railroad in a great State

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bruce!

I love how you use the drone! It looks so cool seeing a long bnsf train up that high!

What a great video. You are a Master of your craft. It was fabulous at 16:43, when the locomotive was disappearing into the tunnel and you faded the music out....Just magnificent!

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

Well thank you very much I really appreciate that!

Beautiful !

The drive and fly is outstanding. Love the close pacing of the helpers.

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rich! That part was a lot of fun.

Another “exceptional capture” of this massive 8 Unit Grain Train in the amazing Mullan Pass Dan!🤩👍🏽

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ron!

great great super video coverage👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@TheRailfanDan

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Excellent video Dan, very well done and professional!

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Another spectacular video. Thanks for posting!

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

absolutely beautiful video; thank you for featuring the MRL. Love this blue monsters

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much!

Wow Dan I was just mesmerized. I'm actually working on building a small section of the Mullan Pass. The Greenhorn Trestle. I think I might add the tunnel too after watching this. Thank you so much for what you do. Chris

That was an awesome video. Great locations and different weather and different scenes. Keep it up.

Bloody hell Dan...I think you've outdone yourself on this one Sir! Some spectacular shots paired with stunning audio! The tunnel shot at 16;30 is right out of a feature film! I was lucky enough to visit and shoot trains on Mullan Pass on my trip to the US , so your footage takes me back and shows the Pass in an amazing view. Cheers Gregg.

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Gregg! It sure was a lot of fun. I'll be back there at the end of the month for a much longer trip and hope to get all the MRL locals I possibly can.

@FishplateFilms

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheRailfanDan Well I look forward it Dan🙂 GRegg.

Fantastic Dan!

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Aaron! I'm honored you think so!

*This is something amazing!💣* The whole story of the journey in one video🤩 If someone had shown me this video before I found it myself, I would have thought it was some kind of corporate video of the MRL railway company. Keep up the good work! 👍

Absolutely stunning!

@TheRailfanDan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill!

Wow! Just discovered this. With the imminent dissolvent of my beloved MRL I have been binge watching everything I can find on U Tube of MRL running west of Helena , MT. About to build a trip out there to see the helpers for myself . I have modeled MRL on O-Gauge here at home in Kansas. Our Lionel pre orders are about to arrive #4407 & #4404 Veterans and Essential workers engines. Thank you for this . Just needed a little push to pull the trigger on a trip that needs to happen . What a great railroad . Your video is phenomenal!

@TheRailfanDan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot I appreciate it! If you scroll down my channel a bit you will find a MRL playlist of all of my videos I have uploaded of my time there. I just also recently took another trip there and am currently working on those videos which are a real treat because it was almost all action caught in the snow! I will be uploading those over the next couple of months. It is definitely worth the visit! You won't regret it.

Thank you for documenting these trains on the Montana Rail Link in the Mullen Pass area, Dan! The trains were magnificent to watch traveling through the area. The BNSF grain train had eight engines powering it! Seeing the grain train going around Iron Ridge Horseshoe curve and coming out on the left side of the screen was magnificent to see on my 32" computer monitor! It was interesting to see the snow flurries you ran into in the Continental Divide area on 2 April 2022. But running into snow flurries in the high Rocky Mountains in early April is nothing unusual. I have distant relatives living in Colorado Springs, Colorado and a couple of weeks ago they were posting snow on the ground in early April. Do we have any more videos of the Montana Rail Link coming? I sure hope so!

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Thomas! Yes indeed the weather was all over the place during the two days there. I was lucky there wasn't more rain. I really didn't miss out on more than a couple shots because it was raining a little too much to fly. There will be one more shorter video from this trip and then I am taking one more much longer trip back out there the whole week of the 22nd of this month to capture as much MRL action as I can. Hoping to get all the local trains and more scenic locations. Hopefully I'll have a whole handful of videos to work on and post here from that trip.

Thanks enjoyed this as with all the MRL video’s B.

@TheRailfanDan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bruce!

Spectacular video!

I'm a fan of MRL and I really like this video. The swing helpers are true workhorses. The locations are very pretty everywhere and the light snowfall is asweome too. I assume Montana is a cold place in the winter months. Excellent update again Dan. Keep up the great work, I really appreciate your uploads. :)

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot I appreciate that!

Dan, I could watch videos like these, til the cows come home. Thank God, we have something to look forward to. That's when you go back to that horseshoe with a full Battery 🔋. Thanks Buddy, Enjoyed this one!!! Brahma Bulls on the silver Ribbons! P.S. liked the louver action on the side of the engine at 13:20.

Fantastic video! wow!

@TheRailfanDan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks John!

Very good! I LOVED IT!

Impressive.

Woo! Espectacular excelente

My god, this is epic!

This video is historic because BNSF has purchased the Montana Rail Link, because it needs an alternate route across Montana. Beautiful, well planned video from Railfan Dan. I have spent time in the Mullan Pass area chasing MRL trains. I think MRL's Logo and Paint Scheme is perfect and superior to BNSF's 'Pumpkins.' The deal cost BNSF a large chunk of money to get it back into their system. Details are online.

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

That was the whole reason I hurried up and got here to film. I'll be back one more time at the end of the month.

Another excellent vid Dan. Love the low angle at 13:37. MRL is a personal favorite. Do you have anything over Greenhorn Trestle? I'm impressed with how well the Inspire flies in the inclement weather. Too bad the wind cut the flight short. Until next time...M

Another great video...love the snow it was an extra treat! I have a question I have always wondered about, I've always loved trains but don't too much about the mechanics of them, can you tell me how the power is allocated between all of the engines? How do they push or pull with just the right amount of power?

@TheRailfanDan

3 ай бұрын

Most modern locomotives are 4400 horsepower and the ratio of how many engines to have for how many cars on a given route and where to place them in the train (middle or rear units) is all calculated by some system on the railroad.

I wonder what will happen to all the Montana Rail Link locomotives once BNSF retakes control of those tracks, whether they will be leased from BNSF or purchased directly by BNSF.

How long does it take to cut-out the helpers?

I suppose it won't be long until those SD70ACes have PTC installed now that BNSF bought MRL

Why was there an extra MRL unit behind the headend power?

@TheRailfanDan

2 жыл бұрын

To be dropped at Garrison.

@DL541

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheRailfanDan ok, just curious if they were adding a extra unit for the grades. Seen a few coal buckets with an extra unit up front.