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Nostalgia & History > Empire Builders Meet at Bowdoin, MT (summer 1972)Date: 09/15/14 18:15 Empire Builders Meet at Bowdoin, MT (summer 1972) Author: the_expediter I'm onboard #7, the westbound Empire Builder. We're in the hole waiting for our eastbound counterpart...The excitement builds, and I wonder if a mean crew member will drive me from my perch. Wait, I'm only a 17 year old teen. I don't know any better!
 Date: 09/15/14 18:17 Re: Empire Builders Meet at Bowdoin, MT (summer 1972) Author: the_expediter Ah, the Amtrak rainbow trains!
 Date: 09/15/14 18:18 Re: Empire Builders Meet at Bowdoin, MT (summer 1972) Author: the_expediter What a sight!
 Date: 09/15/14 18:23 Re: Empire Builders Meet at Bowdoin, MT (summer 1972) Author: the_expediter Bowdoin is the first siding east of Malta, Mt. I'm so happy I took these, 42 years ago...THX to Czephyr17 for the location... Steve
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/15/14 19:50 by the_expediter.  Date: 09/15/14 19:26 Re: Empire Builders Meet at Bowdoin, MT (summer 1972) Author: UP951West These were wonderful !!! Thanks for sharing. Love the LW streamlined cars and the "Q" E unit on #8
. Date: 09/15/14 20:10 Re: Empire Builders Meet at Bowdoin, MT (summer 1972) Author: czephyr17 the_expediter Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Bowdoin is the first siding east of Malta, Mt. I'm > so happy I took these, 42 years ago...THX to > Czephyr17 for the location... Steve Ha, ha - thanks for sharing these wonderful photos again, I had forgotten about them. And I certainly forgot that I had anything to do with helping identify the location until I did a search and found my post from nine years ago! Date: 09/15/14 23:01 Re: Empire Builders Meet at Bowdoin, MT (summer 1972) Author: the_expediter Wish I could see a pic of this place now...Wonder if it looks exactly the same? Where's Mr. MRL when you need him...
Date: 09/16/14 00:09 Re: Empire Builders Meet at Bowdoin, MT (summer 1972) Author: Seventyfive Those were the sweet days of Amtrak travel. Every trip full of surprises and variety. We were so lucky to have enjoyed them.
Rich Date: 09/16/14 04:21 Re: Empire Builders Meet at Bowdoin, MT (summer 1972) Author: RodneyZona BN (burlington Northern) conductors and trainmen on the early Amtrak Empire Builders, were based out of Havre, MT and Minot, ND and worked between these two terminals. Havre and Glasgow, MT based passenger enginemen worked between their home terminals.
Date: 09/16/14 05:55 Re: Empire Builders Meet at Bowdoin, MT (summer 1972) Author: joemvcnj That was my favorite western paint scheme - GN Blue and White. Now it is virtually extinct.
Date: 09/16/14 19:33 Re: Empire Builders Meet at Bowdoin, MT (summer 1972) Author: fbe This is not on the former NP main which MRL now controls. I think the date of the photo is sometime before Robby had an interest in Montana Trains. He may not be able to help us.
the_expediter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wish I could see a pic of this place now...Wonder > if it looks exactly the same? Where's Mr. MRL when > you need him... Posted from Windows Phone OS 7 Date: 09/16/14 20:42 Re: Empire Builders Meet at Bowdoin, MT (summer 1972) Author: czephyr17 the_expediter Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Wish I could see a pic of this place now...Wonder > if it looks exactly the same? Actually looking at Google Earth, it looks almost exactly the same. Elevator is still there, siding and road are all still in the same place. Telegraph line is probably gone, but very little else has changed. Date: 09/17/14 09:52 Re: Empire Builders Meet at Bowdoin, MT (summer 1972) Author: MrMRL Well, Wish I could say I've been there, looks to be rather secluded. Google Earth views are quite interesting though. Appears to have been quite the RR spot in the past. Complete with large yard, roundhouse, and Wye??
Google Earth link... http://goo.gl/maps/8iRxD Mr. MRL Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/17/14 09:53 by MrMRL.  |