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Pictures of MRL 253
 
Owner: Montana Rail Link
Model:Rebuilt EMD SD40-2XRBuilt As:BN 6312 (SD40)
Serial Number:5801-13Order No:5801
Frame Number:5801-13Built:11/1971
Notes:Ex-BN
Other locos with this serial:  BN 6312(SD40) MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
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MRL 4407, MRL 253, and MRL 4309
Title:  MRL 4407, MRL 253, and MRL 4309
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2014  Upload Date: 10/23/2014 9:41:22 PM
Location:  Livingston, MT
Author:  Matthew Liptak
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MRL 4407(SD70ACe) MRL 253(SD40-2XR) MRL 4309(SD70ACe)
Views:  559   Comments: 0
MRL 253
Title:  MRL 253
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 10:25:47 PM
Location:  Livingston, MT
Author:  Matthew Liptak
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
More helpers!
Title:  More helpers!
Description:  BNSF 6221, MRL 4407, MRL 253, and MRL 4309
Photo Date:  9/28/2014  Upload Date: 11/4/2014 10:51:38 PM
Location:  Livingston, MT
Author:  Matthew Liptak
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6221(ES44AC) MRL 4407(SD70ACe) MRL 253(SD40-2XR) MRL 4309(SD70ACe)
Views:  847   Comments: 0
MRL 253
Title:  MRL 253
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2014  Upload Date: 11/4/2014 11:04:23 PM
Location:  Livingston, MT
Author:  Matthew Liptak
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
BNSF 6221, MRL 4407, MRL 253, and MRL 4309
Title:  BNSF 6221, MRL 4407, MRL 253, and MRL 4309
Description:  DPU for a westbound coal train.
Photo Date:  9/28/2014  Upload Date: 11/4/2014 11:38:25 PM
Location:  Livingston, MT
Author:  Matthew Liptak
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6221(ES44AC) MRL 4407(SD70ACe) MRL 253(SD40-2XR) MRL 4309(SD70ACe)
Views:  621   Comments: 0
Yellowstone Bridge
Title:  Yellowstone Bridge
Description:  The Yellowstone River bridge encases MRL's 253 and 4404 as they are released from helper duty for the eastbound ML. The crew is changing cabs and will quickly back into Livingston's yard.
Photo Date:  1/18/2015  Upload Date: 1/18/2015 10:44:43 PM
Location:  Livingston, MT
Author:  Marty Pfohl
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  413   Comments: 0
Why MRL blue is just awesome in Sepia, too!
Title:  Why MRL blue is just awesome in Sepia, too!
Description:  Pointed west in the middle of an SD70 sandwich, MRL 253 looked really cool in this cropped in rendition.
Photo Date:  1/19/2015  Upload Date: 4/2/2015 3:20:12 PM
Location:  Livingston, MT
Author:  Marty Pfohl
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
Why MRL Blue is just awesome under the Big Sky...
Title:  Why MRL Blue is just awesome under the Big Sky...
Description:  These WB light helpers are stopped at the foot of Bozeman Hill waiting for an EB to pass. They will scoot on west to meet the ML somewhere past Belgrade before returning later in the day on ML's tail end.
Photo Date:  1/19/2015  Upload Date: 1/26/2015 2:24:53 PM
Location:  Livingston, MT
Author:  Marty Pfohl
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MRL 4405(SD70ACe) MRL 253(SD40-2XR) MRL 4404(SD70ACe)
Views:  613   Comments: 0
Montana Rail Link
Title:  Montana Rail Link
Description:  In the yard.
Photo Date:  6/19/2015  Upload Date: 12/20/2015 3:41:50 PM
Location:  Laurel, MT
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
Montana Rail Link
Title:  Montana Rail Link
Description:  In the yard.
Photo Date:  6/19/2015  Upload Date: 12/20/2015 3:38:57 PM
Location:  Laurel, MT
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  417   Comments: 0
One switching the yard, the other leaving town
Title:  One switching the yard, the other leaving town
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/19/2016  Upload Date: 1/19/2016 4:54:22 PM
Location:  Laurel, MT
Author:  C H
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR) BNSF 7303(ES44DC)
Views:  635   Comments: 0
2 MRL units & cabooses
Title:  2 MRL units & cabooses
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/18/2016  Upload Date: 2/18/2016 5:38:38 PM
Location:  Laurel, MT
Author:  C H
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Transit,Action
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR) MRL 265(SD40-2XR)
Views:  413   Comments: 0
MRL 253
Title:  MRL 253
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/18/2016  Upload Date: 2/18/2016 5:44:36 PM
Location:  Laurel, MT
Author:  C H
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  485   Comments: 1
BNSF & MRL
Title:  BNSF & MRL
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/8/2016  Upload Date: 4/9/2016 4:07:48 PM
Location:  Laurel, MT
Author:  C H
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6102(ES44AC) BNSF 4985(C44-9W) MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  517   Comments: 0
MRL & BNSF
Title:  MRL & BNSF
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/8/2016  Upload Date: 4/9/2016 4:11:06 PM
Location:  Laurel, MT
Author:  C H
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Transit,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4071(C44-9W) MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  237   Comments: 0
MRL 253
Title:  MRL 253
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/4/2016  Upload Date: 10/26/2016 10:52:44 AM
Location:  Three Forks, MT
Author:  Matthew Liptak
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  288   Comments: 1
MRL 253
Title:  MRL 253
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/4/2016  Upload Date: 10/26/2016 10:53:16 AM
Location:  Three Forks, MT
Author:  Matthew Liptak
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
Two BNSF!units and two MRL units pull an eastbound manifest towards Logan.
Title:  Two BNSF!units and two MRL units pull an eastbound manifest towards Logan.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/4/2016  Upload Date: 10/26/2016 10:54:23 AM
Location:  Three Forks, MT
Author:  Matthew Liptak
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6610(ES44C4) BNSF 4101(C44-9W) MRL 251(SD40-2XR) MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  399   Comments: 1
MRL 253
Title:  MRL 253
Description:  MRL 253
Photo Date:  4/13/2017  Upload Date: 11/7/2017 8:23:29 AM
Location:  Scribner, WA
Author:  Ted Curphey
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  315   Comments: 0
What Have We Here?
Title:  What Have We Here?
Description:  I spotted a stopped eastbound mixed freight in Long Lake which had five units for power. Upon closer inspection, I discovered three of them were from Big Sky Country!
Photo Date:  4/26/2017  Upload Date: 4/26/2017 5:41:24 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7409(ES44DC) MRL 250(SD40-2) MRL 255(SD40-2XR) MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  640   Comments: 1
Montana Rail Link And BNSF
Title:  Montana Rail Link And BNSF
Description:  The fourth and fifth units on an eastbound freight stopped beneath gray April skies evokes the symbiotic relationship between Montana Rail Link and the BNSF.
Photo Date:  4/26/2017  Upload Date: 4/26/2017 5:42:05 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5419(C44-9W) MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  220   Comments: 1
Montana Trio
Title:  Montana Trio
Description:  I have not seen Montana Rail Link engines in ages. I was ecstatic to find three of them as part of the motive power on an eastbound freight stopped for a red signal in Long Lake on this gray April afternoon.
Photo Date:  4/26/2017  Upload Date: 4/26/2017 5:41:50 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR) MRL 255(SD40-2XR) MRL 250(SD40-2)
Views:  628   Comments: 1
This aint Montana...
Title:  This aint Montana...
Description:  A trio of Montana Rail Link SD40s head through Cokato, MN on the BNSF Wayzata Sub. This is definitely not something you see everyday on the BNSF in Minnesota.
Photo Date:  4/27/2017  Upload Date: 4/29/2017 12:15:14 AM
Location:  Cokato, MN
Author:  Jordan Wiest
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR) MRL 255(SD40-2XR) MRL 250(SD40-2)
Views:  782   Comments: 1
Montana Rail Link in Minnesota
Title:  Montana Rail Link in Minnesota
Description:  Something not seen often in Minnesota, a trio of MRL SD40s on the BNSF Wayzata Sub. This was taken just outside Darwin.
Photo Date:  4/27/2017  Upload Date: 4/28/2017 11:54:14 PM
Location:  Darwin, MN
Author:  Jordan Wiest
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR) MRL 255(SD40-2XR) MRL 250(SD40-2)
Views:  809   Comments: 0
MRL From above
Title:  MRL From above
Description:  A trio of MRL motors in Minnesota
Photo Date:  4/27/2017  Upload Date: 4/28/2017 2:35:51 PM
Location:  Delano, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR) MRL 255(SD40-2XR) MRL 250(SD40-2)
Views:  734   Comments: 0
MRL 253
Title:  MRL 253
Description:  A trio of MRL motors in Minnesota
Photo Date:  4/27/2017  Upload Date: 4/28/2017 2:37:40 PM
Location:  Cokato, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR) MRL 255(SD40-2XR) MRL 250(SD40-2)
Views:  807   Comments: 0
Cokato MRL
Title:  Cokato MRL
Description:  A trio of MRL motors in Minnesota
Photo Date:  4/27/2017  Upload Date: 4/28/2017 2:36:38 PM
Location:  Cokato, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR) MRL 255(SD40-2XR) MRL 250(SD40-2)
Views:  670   Comments: 0
Big Sky Country?
Title:  Big Sky Country?
Description:  A trio of MRL motors in Minnesota
Photo Date:  4/27/2017  Upload Date: 4/28/2017 2:38:19 PM
Location:  Darwin, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR) MRL 255(SD40-2XR) MRL 250(SD40-2)
Views:  630   Comments: 1
Three MRLs A long way form home
Title:  Three MRLs A long way form home
Description:  A trio of MRL motors in Minnesota
Photo Date:  4/27/2017  Upload Date: 4/28/2017 2:39:44 PM
Location:  Darwin, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR) MRL 255(SD40-2XR) MRL 250(SD40-2)
Views:  983   Comments: 0
BNSF 5195 H-LAUSPO
Title:  BNSF 5195 H-LAUSPO
Description:  Westbound action out of Helena gets started with a mixer thundering through Tobin at 1420.
Photo Date:  10/1/2018  Upload Date: 11/25/2018 2:11:57 PM
Location:  Tobin, MT
Author:  Der Langsame
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5195(C44-9W) MRL 255(SD40-2XR) MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  552   Comments: 0
MRL 255
Title:  MRL 255
Description:  Built April 1968 as CS 886.
Photo Date:  10/1/2018  Upload Date: 11/25/2018 2:12:41 PM
Location:  Tobin, MT
Author:  Der Langsame
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MRL 255(SD40-2XR) MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  597   Comments: 0
BNSF 5195 H-LAUSPO (2)
Title:  BNSF 5195 H-LAUSPO (2)
Description:  Austin Road at 1437.
Photo Date:  10/1/2018  Upload Date: 11/25/2018 2:19:57 PM
Location:  Austin, MT
Author:  Der Langsame
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5195(C44-9W) MRL 255(SD40-2XR) MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  520   Comments: 0
BNSF 5195 H-LAUSPO (3)
Title:  BNSF 5195 H-LAUSPO (3)
Description:  Austin Road at 1437.
Photo Date:  10/1/2018  Upload Date: 11/25/2018 2:20:28 PM
Location:  Austin, MT
Author:  Der Langsame
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5195(C44-9W) MRL 255(SD40-2XR) MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  527   Comments: 0
BNSF 5195 H-LAUSPO (4)
Title:  BNSF 5195 H-LAUSPO (4)
Description:  Austin Road at 1437.
Photo Date:  10/1/2018  Upload Date: 11/25/2018 2:21:10 PM
Location:  Austin, MT
Author:  Der Langsame
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5195(C44-9W) MRL 255(SD40-2XR) MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  479   Comments: 0
BNSF 5195 H-LAUSPO (5)
Title:  BNSF 5195 H-LAUSPO (5)
Description:  Austin Road at 1445.
Photo Date:  10/1/2018  Upload Date: 11/25/2018 2:21:41 PM
Location:  Austin, MT
Author:  Der Langsame
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5195(C44-9W) MRL 255(SD40-2XR) MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  531   Comments: 0
MRL 253
Title:  MRL 253
Description:  Built November 1971 as BN 6312.
Photo Date:  10/1/2018  Upload Date: 11/25/2018 2:22:11 PM
Location:  Austin, MT
Author:  Der Langsame
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR) MRL 255(SD40-2XR) BNSF 5195(C44-9W) UP 3878(SD70M)
Views:  535   Comments: 0
BNSF 5195 H-LAUSPO (6)
Title:  BNSF 5195 H-LAUSPO (6)
Description:  The LAUSPO tackles Skyline at 1511.
Photo Date:  10/1/2018  Upload Date: 11/25/2018 2:32:35 PM
Location:  Skyline, MT
Author:  Der Langsame
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5195(C44-9W) MRL 255(SD40-2XR) MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  542   Comments: 0
BNSF 5195 H-LAUSPO (7)
Title:  BNSF 5195 H-LAUSPO (7)
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/2018  Upload Date: 11/25/2018 2:33:22 PM
Location:  Skyline, MT
Author:  Der Langsame
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5195(C44-9W) MRL 255(SD40-2XR) MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  519   Comments: 0
MRL 253
Title:  MRL 253
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/5/2021  Upload Date: 11/5/2021 6:34:38 PM
Location:  Livingston, MT
Author:  Steve Pappas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
MRL 253
Title:  MRL 253
Description:  MRL 253
Photo Date:  8/24/2022  Upload Date: 8/19/2023 4:19:43 PM
Location:  Missoula, MT
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  218   Comments: 0

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