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Day 329

Saturday, November 20, 2010

I drove by the Old State Prison Museum in Deer Lodge on my trip to Missoula.  They seem to have added a few bits of railroad equipment, from the Milwaukee Road. Milwaukee Road E9 Diesel Electric Locomotive. (All photos taken on auto on the Nikon Coolpix L11) It was snowing pretty good. A bay window […]

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Day 299: Back to the Stable!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

This is outside my cabin at the Montpelier Creek KOA.  It was beside a creek, near the office and restroom/shower, and when I pulled in the night before the stars went on forever!  I forgot a shirt there. <<sigh>> (All photos by Nikon Coolpix L11) Then it was up the road and down the road, […]

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Day 297: The Heber Creeper!

Monday, November 1, 2010

In Heber, Utah, is a small tourist train called the Heber Valley Railroad, or the Heber Creeper for short.  It runs down and around a big lake to a well known park, then, after lunch, it returns.  I road it once years ago, and I posted a little about it on The Great 1998 Goldwing […]

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Day 296: Helper to Heber…

Monday, November 1, 2010

After leaving Helper I ran up the road, and turned right at this old coal/cement/something-or-other plant. Then it is back into the desert and up the hill again! Then out of the desert and up into the trees… “On Top ‘O the World Again, Ma!”  Whew! Then down through the forest! Down into the desert! […]

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Day 295: Helper!

Sunday, October 31, 2010

I chased some coal trains through some desert looking country, and ended up in Helper, UT. Named for it’s function, Helper is where the “helper” engines would help push trains up over the summit, quite a substantial grade to climb.  The railroad is still important to Helper, but with the coming of the diesel locomotive, […]

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Day 294

Friday, October 29, 2010

Not waiting for sunrise in Utah… (Click to enlarge, BACK to return!) (All photos from the Nikon Coolpix L11.) Heading up, up, up again! Into the very pretty high country. Of course, a little while ago I was driving through that little town to the left of the center of the photo, way, way back […]

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Day 269

Sunday, October 3, 2010

From the Ophir Loop to Cortez, CO, for Part 3 of Day 4 of my trip: When you turn left into the canyon, it isn’t marked with a sign saying “Ophir This Way”.  You have to drive by a house and dodge some mining trucks.  But soon you will find Ophir, or what is left.  […]

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Day 268

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Naturita to the Ophir Loop, Part 2 of Day 4 of my trip: After Naturita I broke out into farm country, then on CO HWY 145 it was back up in the mountains, the changing colors, and Telluride, CO, at 8,750 feet above sea level. (All photos Nikon Coolpix L11 unless otherwise noted) Downtown Telluride, […]

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Day 241: On my short list….

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

…of places to come back to… Outside Mount Rainier National Park! It is the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad! (Nikon Coolpix L11 on Auto) OK, this one needs some work… (Nikon Coolpix L11 on Auto) Stopping traffic! (1/180, f8, 120mm, ISO 200, -1/2 stop) Steamin’! ! (1/45, f8, 28mm, ISO 200) Smokin’!  No, really… (1/125, f8, […]

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Day 226

Saturday, August 14, 2010

From the Amtrak station in Shelby… (1/90, f8, 56mm, ISO 400, -1/2 stop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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