Western Railroad Discussion > Montana Photos

Well, we'll see how this pickles out. My first TO photo post. Not sure if I have the size correct. (Hey, I must have!!!!!! )

1) Eastbound Q PTLALT 20 on Dec 21, 2016 west of Arlee, Montana; MRL's Tenth Sub.
2) Eastbound Z-train at Essex, MT Feb 15, 2017
​3) GN 441 in the snow Feb 15, 2017

 



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4) BNSF 6818 East at Essex, MT all Feb 15, 2017
​5) Three+ hour late No. 8, AMTK 117/ 204
​6) BNSF 4249 West, grain train
 



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last one for today...
​7) Mountain Work Train BNSF 6696/ 3945 with a spreader on the east end and a snow dozer on the westend of the consist. They had just cleared out the old eastward siding off Main 2, now called the "industrial track".
Dave in Missoula
 



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Nice work. It looks like the snow has settled from what was reported earlier. Maybe a little rain affected the depth.

Ya done good !
Who got the numberboard off the fake GN F-45?

Great post! geeze, got a little snow up there huh?

Mr. MRL

Welcome aboard. Nice photos. I like photo #2 at Essex.
John



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Great shots!

Thanks for posting. Makes me want to visit there. 

Very nice, Dave.  Your nephew must be proud!

Art

Beginner's luck Dave, but if you post every day, I think you'll get the hang of it.

Nice photos.  That's a lot of snow.  The cabooses up on the hill look neat.
Brian Stevens

Really nice series of photos.

Ronda Thomas

Thanks all, for the replies. 

Yes, the snow level has compacted down since the big 50 inch snowfall over a week ago. Warm days and some rain. As for the 441's number board, I think the painted numbers chipped off the engineer's side board and starting to do so on the other one.

Before we left Friday morning, the work train crew had parked their plow set nose-to-nose in the yard and went off doing other honey-do chores the rest of the day. A second pair of dozer/ spreader machines was parked on the west leg of the wye in an accessible spot.

Only one set of helpers seen working during the time we were there and that was Friday morning. All other days the trains were powered up sufficient headend units and DPs.
Dave in Missoula.

Very NICE series Dave! Lots of snow on the ground in your area. We've lost much of our grounded snow in Ritzville after two months of white.

Larry

Great pics!! Thanks for sharing. 

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> Who got the numberboard off the fake GN F-45?

Yes, something has sure gone wrong with the numberboards on the F45, but the Big Sky Blue paint sure is holding up well.

Nice pics!!  Pics 2 and 4 are my favorites!!

Great pics Dave! You should have been doing this all along!

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR