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In Montana we are seeing EMD power by the hour still being used with a bunch of mixed leased power that you described. We are on the MRL with a lot of coal and grain trains and the power is all owned west bound with some mixed leased units east bound on the empyt grain and coal returns. Some of the mixed leased power units east bound are on TOFC and container trains and are running hot. As usual we have many mixes of MRL power in their old livery and MRL painted on the side. The big power 4 units west and 3 east has seemed to replaced the 45-2's in 5 and 6 consist units. Are they mothballing them in Pasco Washington? or selling them. We see around 15 to 20 trains a day... The contract that MRL has with BNSF gives them a required number or trains a day or miles a month to meet operational needs ($$$$$$). I am sure that when it is necessary MRL will join the scrap heap of regionals just like the Stampede Pass rails in Washington. I think capicity is the issue not power... High Green
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