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Western Railroad Discussion > Manned helpers in MTDate: 05/25/16 11:30 Manned helpers in MT Author: tvh25 Hello, years ago MRL used to run manned helpers over Mullan Pass and others. Has that gone away, in favoor of remote DPU's?
Sincerely, Tom Date: 05/25/16 11:47 Re: Manned helpers in MT Author: fbe Manned helpers over Bozeman, Mullan and Marias passes in Montana.
Posted from iPhone Date: 05/25/16 11:53 Re: Manned helpers in MT Author: monaddave And Evaro west of Missoula, as needed (not very often).
Dave in Msla Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/25/16 12:17 by monaddave. Date: 05/25/16 12:03 Re: Manned helpers in MT Author: tvh25 Awesome.... thanks
Date: 05/25/16 12:19 Re: Manned helpers in MT Author: fbe The Marias helpers are not like they used to be. The grain and coal trains are set up to be 100% DPU but if they have weak power or lose a unit they will get helpers. Freight trains may have long/short connections or blocks of mtys not suitable for DPU.
Posted from iPhone Date: 05/25/16 18:07 Re: Manned helpers in MT Author: Pacific5th BNSF has been trying hard to power up every train over Marias so they do not need helpers. The traffic downturn had enabled them to run the trains from Havre or Seattle with enough power to get over Marias and Stevens without dropping or adding power in Weantchee or adding helpers at Whitefish.
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