On former Southern Pacific’s Sunset Route, the Gila Subdivision covers over 255 miles of track between Yuma and Tucson, Arizona. Around 35 trains traverse this transcontinental main line every day. See it through 7idea’s “scenic” lens.
This final episode in this beautiful, and action-packed, farewell to the Montana Rail Link covers the eastern portion of the railroad from Logan to MRL’s busy yard in Laurel.
In Part 3, of this 4 part farewell series, we continue east across Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision over Winston Hill and through Lombard Canyon to Logan. In Stock and Shipping.
Since its founding in 1987, Montana Rail Link has plied the rails laid down by the Northern Pacific in the Big Sky country of Montana. That has now come to an end. 7idea takes a last look.
Since its founding in 1987, Montana Rail Link has plied the rails laid down by the Northern Pacific in the Big Sky country of Montana. That has now come to an end. 7idea takes a last look.
The western half of the Nampa Subdivision between Nampa and Ticeska, including the storied Oregon Short Line route. Heavy freight action with DPUs, grades are up to 2% and the scenery is expansive.
Etching a course through Southern Idaho and along its western border with Oregon, the Snake River provides a natural route for Union Pacific trains heading to and from the Pacific Northwest.