Steam & Excursion > some 16 years ago

These turned up.  I think they were Montana but I had a stroke in 2003 and the locaation is gone from my memory.  Any help is appreciated.
Picture 1.  semaphore and SPS700
Picture 2.  may be in Idado what you see is SPS700
Picture 3.  the track curves along the water and comes into view
 

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Picture 4.  SPS700 in Montana, I think.
Picture 5.  This came right after Picture 4
Picture 6.  his may have been taken later than pictures 4 & 5. 
Any help with location and date will be appreciated.
 

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Beautiful! Many thanks for sending. Others might hve more specific location details but these ppear to have been taken during the westbound Montana Rockies by Steam trip in 2002 along and near Lake Pend Oreille. I had the pleasure of riding the exursion eastbound from Sandpoint Idaho to Billings Montana.

Jeff Geldner
Sequoia National Park, CA 

I was on the eastbound as well which included some rare mileage on track not used by the NCL or NCHI. A great trip. 

Ha! You've come to the right place. I can help you ID these. Yes, they were the October 2002 SP&S 700 trip from Sandpoint, ID to Billings, MT and return. The trip was for Montana Rockies Railtours across MRL.

1) Eastbound at the east switch Trout Creek, MT. Note signal plate 53.5 on the semaphore. Sat Oct 12, 2002
2) Eastbound, peaking through the trees crossing the Thompson River, BR 26. Between Woodlin and Eddy, MT. Sat Oct 12, 2002
3) Eastbound, headend is on Curve 10A, approx. MP 10.3, between Plains and Weeksville, MT. Along the Clark Fork River. Sat Oct 12, 2002
4) Eastbound, near MP 147, west of Nine Mile, MT. You are standing on the shoulder of I-90 looking across the Clark Fork. Sat Oct 12, 2002
5) Same location as Photo 4, just more broadside. Sat Oct 12, 2002
6) The following weekend, westbound crossing BR 92, Between Colby, ID and Clark Fork, ID. Sunday Oct 20, 2002

For andersonb109, yes, the eastbound trip ran via St. Regis, MT, the non-NCL route.
Dave Franz
Missoula, MT



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/14/18 08:00 by monaddave.

What is the status of 700 now?

CPRR Wrote:
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> What is the status of 700 now?

Out of service, undergoing the FRA mandated 15 year boiler inspection.

Here's a quick shot of SP&S #700, taken at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center on October 18, 2018

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Dave Franz, thanks a zillion for your identification.  Haruo Aoki

HotWater Wrote:
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> Out of service, undergoing the FRA mandated 15
> year boiler inspection.

Thanks Jack