With a hint of evening sunlight breaking through the clouds, MRL's Night Gas train approaches the signal bridges in DeSmet as it starts its journey to Thompson Falls from Missoula. The gas train normally branches off onto the 10th Sub here but for some reason it was routed over the 4th Sub that night, rendering my carefully compiled chase plan useless.
The EMD SD (special duty) series are a strong and reliable kind of locomotive which still serve America's rails today. They have proved themselves reliable by clocking in several million miles of freight service over several decades.
