Montana Rail Link Bozeman Pass Helpers (4K) | Rare GP35 Helpers & more! | May 2022 | DJI Inspire 2 

Thank you for your hard work and very high quality production…..I’m 73 now and been railfaning for 60 some odd years, watching black widow F units near our house in the late 50’s……Bruce

I can only repeat myself, this is another fantastic MRL video. The GP35 helpers are indeed pretty unique, that was a very lucky catch. The other units are cool too, especially the BNSF loco with the smoking traction motor. Hopefully somebody noticed it and they could fix the problem. Great video again Dan, your trip to Montana was prosperous that's for sure.

Just beautiful....even the sky and clouds cooperated! Thanks and many blessings to you and yours

Thank you for another wonderful Montana Rail Link video, Dan! The trains were long, and they were struggling to go over the pass. The GP35 helpers and the other helpers had their work cut out for themselves while helping the trains get over the pass. I presume that the MRL crew informed the dispatcher of the problem with the smoking traction motor. Hopefully, the traction motor did not cause a problem as the train continued its journey. The scenery was beautiful. The Absaroka Mountains were magnificent in the background.

The sort of artwork I have come to expect from Dan. Very nice!

I thoroughly enjoyed this. Your sound editing at the beginning was impeccable. Definitely got some interesting activity. Thank you for sharing.

Just brilliant and the locomotive sound added in the drone sequence was great. Also you additional commentary was great

WOW!! Spectacular video once again Dan. Beautiful footage from air and ground with nice scenery. Thanks for sharing and have a great rest of your weekend.

Man I always love your videos. Thank you for sharing your work. I really miss Montana

Incredibly beautiful countryside. I didn't know there were still areas of the earth in existance that are not covered by concrete.

Great video as always, Dan - thanks for sharing. 8 years ago I set up my tent just above the west portal on the south side. I set up in the twilight and packed up and left just after sunrise so no one would chase me out of there. Listened to the trains working up to and through the tunnel all night. I caught a few of the then still active 20 cylinder units running through. In the morning all traffic came to a stop because of a broken rail about 2-3 miles west of the west portal. One GM train, with 10 older mostly 4 axle EMD locomotives, including a BNSF / ex-Santa Fe GP 40X and two short line high hood GP-9's, was waiting for the line to clear in the tunnel with the head end units and about 30 mixed freight cars just out of the portal. The east portal at Muir has always been swarming with railroad workers whenever I was there, and the little mail box forest under the interstate bridge has plenty of locals stopping to get their mail every few minutes, but I walked to the old and new east portals anyway, keeping out of sight as best I could. The old tunnel portals are still visible on both ends, but the east one is nearly buried.

Beautiful "Big Sky" country.

Awesome video, thanks for sharing!

I don’t know what it is about MRL but I love seeing them in action. Awesome drone footage! 👍🏻🎥💯

Wonderful scenery, Dan.

Awesome.

Beautiful !

Awesome drone footage, next level stuff here! Sub'd in for the ride!

Parabéns Show!

Nice show. I didn't know any SDP40s were still running.

Excellent video - the scenery and the 'top gun' flying very impressive. Two observations, at the Bozeman tunnel off to the left is another tunnel portal and I assume this is the abandoned original tunnel? Note the second locomotive in the leading lashup is a relatively new UP EMD - not a lot of videos contain the two fierce rivals sharing equipment. Much enjoyed.

MRL must make a good living helping BNSF up the grades around there. Maybe that is how they could afford those 2 gorgeous SD70-ACe units.

bo~ how’s everything going?! Thanks, you did pro ! :))

Those GP 35's are also looking good for about 56 to 58 years old. Very nice music and video composition. And beautiful vista's towards the end. Excellent Work! The dubbed in loco sound is great! Watching America roll on, is fantastic. You can really get the feel of those motive powers, working and straining, on the long haul, up the grades. Thank you, once again, for the BIG Sky Vista's.....Dan. And the jeep doesn't look too shabby either👍 Homemade viewing shroud or product?

I need to check some them roads out lol,

What a great video!!! How interesting is that smoking traction motor and the helpers which are just following the train???? Dan, how does this go with the helpers? The main train passes and then the helper unit is dispatched from a different track to follow it? Why dont they help while they are there?

Thanks!

Wonderful video. About how busy is the rail traffic over Bozeman Pass?

any idea how long the MRL units will last until they actually disappear?

Do these helpers have a crew?