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BASED IN MISSOULA, Montana Rail Link (MRL) is a Class II SPECIALIZING IN PERSONALIZED SHORT-LINE SERVICE regional railroad that operates over 900 route miles of track in Montana and and employs nearly 1,200 dedicated 4.2% professionals. MRL services over 125 local Montana businesses ANNUAL TRAFFIC Motor and moves their products to domestic and international Vehicles markets on a daily basis. MRL remains committed to providing transportation services that result in long-term growth 23.1

and prosperity for the company, and its customers and Average # of Trains per Day 3.7% Intermodal employees. MRL professionals live by the values of Safety, Trust, 32.1% 27.8% Accountability, Respect and Teamwork. MRL is committed to the 435,934 Coal Grain safety of all employees, the general public, its customers, and to Total Carloads of Freight being a good neighbor in the communities it serves.As a BNSF 32.2% partner, its rail shipments help feed, clothe, supply and power Industrial 62,762 Products American and international homes and businesses everyday. Carloads of Montana Goods

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Columbia Falls Havre Sandpoint Whitefish Shelby Kootenai Kalispell MAJOR FACILITIES Clark Fork Valier Noxon Valier Jct. Trout Creek Big Sandy RAIL YARDS Billings, Laurel, Livingston, Logan, Helena, Thompson Falls Polson Montana Fort Benton Plains Choteau Power Bozeman, Missoula, Paradise Spokane Paradise Dixon Eastham Great Falls St. Regis Ravalli Arlee Fairfield Superior Schilling Moore SHOPS Laurel, Livingston, Missoula Missoula Moccasin Desmet Sippie Lolo Drummond PhosphateGarrison Blossburg Helena Stevensville Louisville Idaho Townsend Victor Philipsburg Toston Hamilton Butte Jones Jct. Anaconda Trident GET IN TOUCH Big Timber Silver Bow Whitehall Logan Darby Sappington Pipestone Columbus MRL Harrison Livingston Huntley ROSS LANE Twin Manhattan BNSF Bozeman Park City Laurel Dillon Bridges Belgrade VP, Corporate Relations Mossmain Other Alder To (406) 523-1438 [email protected] SAFETY: OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY More than an 80% reduction in accidents since 1997 12 THE SAFETY OF OUR PEOPLE, customers and the public is 1997 our number one priority. We are committed to the belief that 10 if something cannot be done safely, it shouldn’t be done. 8 Everyone at MRL is empowered to make safety the most important aspect of every day above all else. We strive to 6 make our company accident and injury free by developing a 4 strong safety culture within our organization that generates recognition, control and elimination of potential hazards, as 2 well as facilitating an environment where each person within 0 our company shares in safety success. Reportable Accidents / Million Train Miles - 1997-2020

MRL EXCEEDS INDUSTRY SAFETY STANDARDS BY: 12 245 Performing visual inspection of the main line track at least Assistant Roadmasters Employees on tracks daily whose primary function is to 2 times per week. visually inspect track Providing community-based first responder training free of charge. 28 2-3x/year Training over 900 first responders in the past three years. Wayside Detectors including Geometry car Inspections wheel impact, hot wheel, wide Having emergency response equipment staged across the load, & dragging equipment railroad.

Providing reports to the state Emergency Response Commission on a weekly basis that include projected crude 5x/year train shipments and the expected route of the train. Rail Detector Inspections

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25 457 4 350 fuel efficient Avg. number of miles a freight Number of times railroads Number of truck loads a single state-of-the-art train can move a ton of freight on a are, on average, more fuel freight train can take off the green locomotives single gallon of fuel efficient than trucks road, the equivalent to 1,100 cars

Freight railroads account for just 0.7% of U.S. greenhouse gas DID YOU KNOW? emissions from all sources and just 2.6% of emissions from transportation-related sources.

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