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Day 72

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Poor, lonesome Tunnel 4 on the way to Helena… (1/125, f8, 75mm, ISO 200) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 69: Down by the Railroad…

Monday, March 8, 2010

Wallpaper from the Great Falls Big New Sante Fe (BNSF) Yard. (1/1500, f8, 247mm, ISO 800) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 61: March 2nd, 2010

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

It is Train Time again!  Here is the daily grain train heading out to the Malting Plant north of Great Falls.  This is from the upper overlook below Rainbow Dam and Falls. (1/750, f8, 130mm, ISO 100, cropped from a single photo) The trains like to play hide-and-seek through the hillocks and cuts along the […]

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A few of my favorite things!

Monday, March 1, 2010

My favorite firearms animation: How a .45 works!  From the original engineering drawings! My favorite trick to play on animals in the Antarctic… My favorite social networking site… My favorite undersea souvenir… My favorite “how do I get to work?” question… My favorite pink, California approved rifle, starring Kalashnakitty! My favorite barbeque! My favorite pickle! […]

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A reflection of reality…

Friday, February 26, 2010

~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{P

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Day 48

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

It was foggy yesterday morning (Day 47). (1/320, f8, 38mm, ISO 100) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 38

Friday, February 5, 2010

I mentioned a while back about the new grain elevators and the cirular tracks.  Here is a shot of one near Moccasin.  Click on it to enlarge it all the way, and you will clearly see the railroad grain cars on the backside of the circlular siding.  The engines are barley visible on the far […]

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Day 25

Saturday, January 23, 2010

The railroad bridge from the Great Falls Yard to the south side of the Missouri River. Closeup… …the whole thing… (1/1250, f8, 28mm, ISO 400) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 17: Back to School!

Monday, January 18, 2010

Caitlin’s Christmas Vacation came to an end today, as I had to take her to Shelby to catch the train back to Tacoma.  So while it was nice and sunny in Great Falls, we hit…fog… (photo by cait) We got there early.  After driving around Shelby for a while (SHORT while!)… We stopped to rest. […]

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Day 2: Sunset

Friday, January 1, 2010

The first wallpaper sized sunset of 2010 in Great Falls: (1/320, f8, 60mm, ISO 100) (1/30, f5, 65mm, ISO 200) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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