Montana
Rail Link
A sleepy Sunday in September, 2010 and SD70ACe #4308 is busy assembling a train.
Tomorrow a Washington Corporation Horatio Alger Scholarship Special will be run:
MRL Dome Car #105:
Business Car "Silver Cloud" might just be the most beautiful example existing today:
Meanwhile, the rest of Missoula Yard is quiet. GP35 #403 on the turntable lead:
Company sand car #100423:
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Missoula Yard, August of 2010 and SD9 #608 is shuffling cars:
Rats! Somehow I slipped up and blurred this view.
Remote Control Caboose #1104:
Of Northern Pacific Railway origins, MRL Scale Test Car #100014:
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The "Dirt Train" viewed tied up. I could never seem to catch this operation in action.
SD40-2XR #263 and SD45-2 #331 at Bonner Junction, Montana:
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Baking in the August, 2009 sunshine GP9's #113 and 127 await another call to local service.
Paradise, Montana:
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The following are some scans of my slides. Sadly, I only have a very poor quality scanner at this point.
Some day, with a better budget, etc...
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In the early Fall of 1999, I tried to chase the Polson, Montana, Local.
It was one of the most oddly lit mornings I have ever experienced.
Skies gave a mix of dim light or clear blue, with cloud hues grays, orange and purple.
As a result, my camera seemed to have a fit and could not decide how to ingest those views.
In low angle sun glare, GP9's #132 and 128 arrive in old Polson Yard:
After switching a loaded hopper of pea gravel and setting out an empty, ready to leave town:
Finished switching the mill at Dunham, now passing through Pablo:
And at Ronan, past elevators which sadly were no longer loading out:
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A sleepy Sunday in September, 2010 and SD70ACe #4308 is busy assembling a train.
Tomorrow a Washington Corporation Horatio Alger Scholarship Special will be run:
MRL Dome Car #105:
Business Car "Silver Cloud" might just be the most beautiful example existing today:
Meanwhile, the rest of Missoula Yard is quiet. GP35 #403 on the turntable lead:
Company sand car #100423:
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Missoula Yard, August of 2010 and SD9 #608 is shuffling cars:
Rats! Somehow I slipped up and blurred this view.
Remote Control Caboose #1104:
Of Northern Pacific Railway origins, MRL Scale Test Car #100014:
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The "Dirt Train" viewed tied up. I could never seem to catch this operation in action.
SD40-2XR #263 and SD45-2 #331 at Bonner Junction, Montana:
*****
Baking in the August, 2009 sunshine GP9's #113 and 127 await another call to local service.
Paradise, Montana:
*****
The following are some scans of my slides. Sadly, I only have a very poor quality scanner at this point.
Some day, with a better budget, etc...
*****
In the early Fall of 1999, I tried to chase the Polson, Montana, Local.
It was one of the most oddly lit mornings I have ever experienced.
Skies gave a mix of dim light or clear blue, with cloud hues grays, orange and purple.
As a result, my camera seemed to have a fit and could not decide how to ingest those views.
In low angle sun glare, GP9's #132 and 128 arrive in old Polson Yard:
After switching a loaded hopper of pea gravel and setting out an empty, ready to leave town:
Finished switching the mill at Dunham, now passing through Pablo:
And at Ronan, past elevators which sadly were no longer loading out:
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