BNSF Loaded Grain Train Departing Helena Jct 4/6/23 

Great videos! Looks like you've got some good equipment and the sound is perfect. Thank you for not standing at a crossing. Thank you for helping us railfans experience these places life we're there.

Glad to see that they are still running the MRL SD70ace's as manned helpers. Great sound with them pushing hard in Run 8!

Great work Austin! I was taken to Mullan Pass by a friend when I visited the US back in 2015 , and I've been at that crossing! Your camera did a great job with the audio...sounds like a pro recording ! Thanks for posting. Cheers Gregg.

great train video sir

Cool trains, beautiful scenery, fantastic video work!

I feel like a traitor. I grew up by a Union Pacific main line and then i moved next to the BNSF MT Hi-Line couple hours drive from Helena.

What surprises me besides the gigantic length of American trains? Condition of the wagons! Many, many wagons (I instinctively started counting, I stopped counting after the tenth) have worn wheelsets manifested by a characteristic knocking, in Poland we call it that the wagon is "shod". On the Polish railway, it is a feature that excludes a wagon from traffic, causing it to be sent to a wagon depot for a thorough inspection and rolling of a damaged wheelset or its replacement. In addition, the brake cylinders are inspected in this case, as they are the most common cause of brake blocking, causing abrasion of the wheelsets. What is the danger of locking the brakes (in any position) I don't think I have to explain to anyone. Pneumatic differential valves are also tested. After such an inspection and possible repairs, the wagon is put back into service, and such activities take no more than two or three hours per wagon. Thanks to this, railway safety is at a high level. Each freight train is automatically monitored every few tens of kilometers (similarly, bearing axles are temperature controlled) with cameras and directional microphones and MUST NOT exceed a certain noise level. If it is exceeded, the camera and the entire system saves the image of the defective wagon, which allows it to be identified at the nearest station that allows excluding it from traffic. In the case of a short distance to the destination station, the train usually arrives without intervention, but after unloading the defective wagon goes to the depot without appeal. It seems, in Poland, safety regulations in freight traffic are much more stringent. This is probably due to geographical differences, Poland has much shorter routes, shorter (smaller) trains, and the situation that the train travels several dozen kilometers where there is nothing practically does not happen, hence the need for much more frequent braking and absolute certainty of the brakes working and a much shorter distance braking. I simply cannot imagine such a freight train in Poland that would have so many "shod" wagons. On the other hand, the tonnage of the train, its length, the number of wagons and locomotives makes a colossal impression on me. Giant!!! But this is probably normal for you.

Mrl is superior

Unbelievable for an Railway-Fan from Central-Europe!!

116 box and 7 engion very nice.🇵🇰

Very good video. Interesting locomotive "heat signature" 🙂

The heat coming off the rear DPU is a fantastic catch. Perfect lighting.

Neat to see the lighting change at the end of the video as the sun peeks out to light up the foreground. Also neat to see how the MRL helper set shows the effects of exhaust - first unit is (relatively) shiny and clean, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th get progressively darker and dirtier.

Before departing You can see animals cross the tracks

Amazing video, love the shots! What mic do you use? Really good audio!

hello +1like❤🎉🎉

Very impressive, big sky country, thanks

The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore; not the way did back in 1954!

🚂 awesome video! well done

that’s one heck of a device your recording with

That is some pretty impressive scenery! So was the hard working ACEs.

Excellent good video, mr Jenson. This places are made for spotting trains in the middle of nowhere. Whe think to gonna make a long trip through the U.S.A. in 2025. On my bucket list: mullan pass, horseshoe curve, thehacapi pass and the Williams loop. And the trains in the port of Los Angeles, Norfolk. Every where are trainx and seaships. I am portworker in Amsterdam. Greet from Zandvoort the Netherlands 🇾🇪🇺🇸.

I love how the sun came out at the end!

Awesome catch, thanks! Massive power!

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

Wonderful footage, thanks from France !...

Great video. Love the long zoom shots and trail off at the end.

Raw power! Run diesels, run!

Your camera is really, really nice! That's a keeper for sure.

Woow!!😵👍 super train !!

列車の編成が先頭から最後尾まで、ワンフレームに収まる、とても素晴らしい映像です。

Amazing !!🎉🎉

Sure didn't take it long to get up to speed.

Super beautiful video

Great video 👍🏻👍🏻 Awesome and rare BNSF AC4400CW on point and CEFX1051 also AC44CW!! And the DPU a C4! 116 cars ! Greetings from Serbia 🇷🇸🙋🏻‍♂️✌️

Awesome! Subscribed. 😊

Glad to see a youtuber from Helena!

That’s a big train ❤️❤️👍👍👍🦘🇦🇺

Thank you for the interesting videos! Subscribed to your channel! 👍👍👍

Nice video!

Nice catch and awesome video

holy zoom

7 engines and 119 cars

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Nice video bro

Nice

Awesome long shot !! James.

What scenery!!!!!

Mesmerizing to watch hot air convection above locomotives

Great video! Love the perspective!

The warm sun was nice

Awesome power

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hi beautiful area to watch trains where is this, must sound great with all the engines at fulll spped where is this train from and to thanks for the nice video.

Watching a train is like watching pro golf, very boring.

Great video!