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Viewing Album:  Montana Limestone Company
 
By:Marty Pfohl
Dates:4/20/2015 - 4/28/2015
Album Info:Montana Limestone Company operates 2 former Canadian National SDF 50 units it acquired from the Dakota Valley & Western. Both units have kept thier CN numbers throughout thier careers. MLC began in the early 1900's as 'Big Horn Calcium', a company which mines high grade limestone from a quarry on the flanks of the nearby Pryor Mountain Range. The raw limestone is trucked from the quarry to the rail loadout site at Warren, MT, far from any urban buildup and just over the border from Wyoming. Warren has a lineside loading yard and is the MLC interchange with the BNSF. The 2 SDF's are captive for switching the constant traffic of open hoppers the business generates. The limestone mined here is used for processing sugar beet and in coal fired generation plant emission scrubbers, among other uses. Having seen the great photos here in RRPA from other contributors, I knew it was only a matter of time before I would have to come up myself and get some photos of these really nice looking locomotives..[All photos taken with permission of MLC staff].
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On my RxR bucket list..
Title:  On my RxR bucket list..
Description:  On my way to Helena for thier annual Railfar, I had intended to stop at Warren and check out the MLC..getting there late in the day I was able to take a few photos before sunset. 1 week later on my return home, I was able to get several more photos under that wonderful Montana sky! -Check 1 off the list!!!
Photo Date:  4/28/2015  Upload Date: 5/3/2015 2:45:13 PM
Location:  Warren, MT
Author:  Marty Pfohl
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MLC 5404(SD50F) MLC 5438(SD50F)
Views:  415   Comments: 2
Shadow side
Title:  Shadow side
Description:  3/4 view from the shadow side, MLC 5404.
Photo Date:  4/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/3/2015 5:09:35 PM
Location:  Warren, MT
Author:  Marty Pfohl
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MLC 5404(SD50F)
Views:  361   Comments: 0
Backlighting
Title:  Backlighting
Description:  Sunset colors already in the clouds are reflected off the glossy sides of MLC's 5438 and 5404.
Photo Date:  4/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/3/2015 5:10:28 PM
Location:  Warren, MT
Author:  Marty Pfohl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MLC 5438(SD50F)
Views:  275   Comments: 0
Under the Big Sky
Title:  Under the Big Sky
Description:  With no cars to shove, MLC 5438 and '04 sit quietly until woken for thier next switching session on April 28. In the background part of Montana's Absaroka Range embraces a cut of open gons waiting for a load of more limestone.
Photo Date:  4/28/2015  Upload Date: 5/3/2015 5:25:04 PM
Location:  Warren, MT
Author:  Marty Pfohl
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MLC 5438(SD50F) MLC 5404(SD50F)
Views:  385   Comments: 0
Under the Big Sky
Title:  Under the Big Sky
Description:  Posing beautifully on perfect track under a perfect sky, Montana Limestone 5404 and 5438 made 1 awesome rostershot!
Photo Date:  4/28/2015  Upload Date: 5/3/2015 5:40:14 PM
Location:  Warren, MT
Author:  Marty Pfohl
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  MLC 5404(SD50F) MLC 5438(SD50F)
Views:  499   Comments: 0
Under the Big Sky
Title:  Under the Big Sky
Description:  Another beautiful pose, clean track and ballast to run on..MLC is a top class operation!
Photo Date:  4/28/2015  Upload Date: 5/3/2015 5:46:40 PM
Location:  Warren, MT
Author:  Marty Pfohl
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  MLC 5438(SD50F) MLC 5404(SD50F)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
Kodakchromes for the modern era!
Title:  Kodakchromes for the modern era!
Description:  Beautiful shot, beautiful skies, MLC's paint may be the 2010s' version of a 'Kodakchrome Unit'!
Photo Date:  4/28/2015  Upload Date: 5/3/2015 6:06:07 PM
Location:  Warren, MT
Author:  Marty Pfohl
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MLC 5438(SD50F)
Views:  302   Comments: 1
Kodakchromes for the modern era!
Title:  Kodakchromes for the modern era!
Description:  With the crest of the Pryor Mountains for a background, 2010s' era Kodachrome unit 5404 poses under the awesome Montana sky..
Photo Date:  4/28/2015  Upload Date: 5/3/2015 6:17:43 PM
Location:  Warren, MT
Author:  Marty Pfohl
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  MLC 5404(SD50F)
Views:  385   Comments: 0
Side View
Title:  Side View
Description:  MLC 5404 Side view
Photo Date:  4/28/2015  Upload Date: 5/3/2015 6:29:17 PM
Location:  Warren, MT
Author:  Marty Pfohl
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MLC 5404(SD50F)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
Side View
Title:  Side View
Description:  MLC 5438 side view.
Photo Date:  4/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/3/2015 6:30:26 PM
Location:  Warren, MT
Author:  Marty Pfohl
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MLC 5438(SD50F)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
Fisheye
Title:  Fisheye
Description:  'Fisheye' pan of both units.
Photo Date:  4/28/2015  Upload Date: 5/3/2015 6:42:59 PM
Location:  Warren, MT
Author:  Marty Pfohl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MLC 5438(SD50F) MLC 5404(SD50F)
Views:  362   Comments: 1
Detail
Title:  Detail
Description:  Detail shot of both units coupled together.
Photo Date:  4/28/2015  Upload Date: 5/3/2015 6:41:56 PM
Location:  Warren, MT
Author:  Marty Pfohl
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  174   Comments: 0
Uncommon View
Title:  Uncommon View
Description:  MLC 5438 3/4 rear view.
Photo Date:  4/28/2015  Upload Date: 5/4/2015 11:53:17 PM
Location:  Warren, MT
Author:  Marty Pfohl
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  MLC 5438(SD50F)
Views:  715   Comments: 0
MLC 5438 Nose view
Title:  MLC 5438 Nose view
Description:  Nose view with remote control reciever [?] strapped to the catwalk.
Photo Date:  4/28/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 12:18:40 AM
Location:  Warren, MT
Author:  Marty Pfohl
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MLC 5438(SD50F)
Views:  345   Comments: 0
MLC 5404 Nose view
Title:  MLC 5404 Nose view
Description:  5404 Nasal View..My appreciations to the friendly MLC staff for permission to photograph!
Photo Date:  4/28/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 12:20:49 AM
Location:  Warren, MT
Author:  Marty Pfohl
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MLC 5404(SD50F)
Views:  289   Comments: 0

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