Nostalgia & History > looks can be deceiving ...

Where are the trees that spawned BN's Cascade green paint scheme? Three box cars from 2 of the Northwest's shortlines and very BN-looking F unit ... but in fact this train is running far from the Northwest's abundant forests. 

This Sept. 18, 1981 pic by Alan Miller was actually taken on the eastern plains of Colorado near Vona ... and with another twist. It's running on former Rock Island trackage and this is Cadillac & Lake City train ... yup the same Michigan shortline gone west! Confused?
(this is a re-post)
 

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...and with three cars from Oregon Short Lines where there ARE abundant trees!  Terrific photo.  Thank you.

I've always thought that  F-7's running alone looked odd.

Great shot. Today the scene looks exactly the same, with a different train of course.
JB