Wyhog posted:1. Kent in SD. Nice pics (as usual) but were you a little lost a few times? Or just VERY general in your locations?
Photo #2. Ritzville WA elevator. OK I'll give you this one, it is actually Tokio WA, 6 miles east of Ritz.
2. #3 The Union Pacific does not go through Douglas WY (unless there really is a Douglass WY with 2 "ss" on the UP somewhere)?
3. #6 Belmont NE. That train is a westbound empty about to start DOWN Crawford Hill and as such it should not have any "helper" on its rear end, only an unmanned DPU or two.
1. I do tend to be general, using the nearest town as the land mark.
2. Somehow had Douglas on the brain. The town I was thinking of was Lusk--we were following US 20 home.
3. I saw the usual helper set in the distance pushing a stack train north nearing Crawford, and it then tied down in the Crawford yard. There were two DPUs on the coal train, and there were two people in the rear nose coupled one. I assumed it was a single helper, but maybe there was a crew in it to throw switches? I've heard stories of bums riding in DPUs too, so I don't know.
Anyway, I'll also post four non-RR shots I liked from along the way.
1. Paradise Lodge, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA.
2. Multnomah Falls, OR. Shot on 4x5 film with an 1880 E&HT Anthony rapid rectilinear lens.
3. Mt. Rainier, WA.
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4. Little Big Horn, MT. Custer battle markers.
Kent in SD
