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10/20/2002 11:08:14 AM Paradise MT At Paradise, MT the train also peformed a photo runby. Since it was our lunch time we did the runby from the dining car "Yellowstone Park". Some of the railfans from the train taking photos of the runby. |
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10/20/2002 11:25:42 AM Paradise MT A horse just west of Paradise, MT. |
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10/20/2002 11:49:00 AM Thompson Falls MT Along the Clark Fork River between Eddy and Thompson Falls. |
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10/20/2002 11:49:07 AM Thompson Falls MT Along the Clark Fork River between Eddy and Thompson Falls. |
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10/20/2002 11:49:18 AM Thompson Falls MT The Skyfire helicopter races along the train shooting more video over the Clark Fork River between Eddy and Thompson Falls. |
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10/20/2002 11:59:15 AM Thompson Falls MT Along the Clark Fork River between Eddy and Thompson Falls with the fall colors looking good! |
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10/20/2002 12:15:12 PM Thompson Falls MT After a brief stop in Thompson Falls to get some other people onto the SP&S 700 we smoke it up along Montana 200 with the usual string of cars pacing the engine. |
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10/20/2002 12:15:31 PM Thompson Falls MT After a brief stop in Thompson Falls to get some other people onto the SP&S 700 we smoke it up along Montana 200 with the usual string of cars pacing the engine. The Bitteroot mountain range is in the background. |
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10/20/2002 12:25:09 PM Childs MT Across the river from the 'Blue Slide' area, the train leaves most public roads for a nice ride along the Clark Fork. Just west of here a bald eagle paced the train over the placid waters of Noxon Reservoir. |
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10/20/2002 12:25:19 PM Childs MT Across the river from the 'Blue Slide' area, the train leaves most public roads for a nice ride along the Clark Fork. Just west of here a bald eagle paced the train over the placid waters of Noxon Reservoir. |
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10/20/2002 12:29:52 PM Childs MT Fall colors and steam smoke from the dome near Childs, MT. |
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10/20/2002 12:33:33 PM Trout Creek MT The SP&S 700 has just passed one of the few remaining semaphores west of the Childs, MT siding (MP49.1). It currently shows clear. |
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10/20/2002 12:33:44 PM Trout Creek MT After the train passes, the signal (MP 49.1) dropped to the stop position as it appears here when the dome is passing. |
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10/20/2002 12:40:04 PM Trout Creek MT Another semaphore near Trout Creek, MT. |
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10/20/2002 12:54:00 PM Noxon MT Here's an overview shot of Noxon, MT from the elevated track above town. |
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10/20/2002 12:57:08 PM Noxon MT Approaching the west siding switch Noxon. It was here that I had my first railfan experience in the early 1970's. While visiting Grandma Ina in Noxon, Dad would bring me down to the depot in Noxon and we would walk up and down the tracks hoping something would come along. |
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10/20/2002 12:57:23 PM Noxon MT Approaching the west siding switch Noxon. It was here that I had my first railfan experience in the early 1970's. While visiting Grandma Ina in Noxon, Dad would bring me down to the depot in Noxon and we would walk up and down the tracks hoping something would come along. |
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10/20/2002 1:01:18 PM Heron MT The Clark Fork River between Noxon and Heron. |
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10/20/2002 1:01:25 PM Heron MT The Clark Fork River and fall colors between Noxon and Heron. |
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10/20/2002 1:01:38 PM Heron MT The Clark Fork River and fall colors between Noxon and Heron. |
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10/20/2002 1:30:56 PM Heron MT Between Noxon and Heron, on board services manager Mike Phillips realized we were going to be early into Sandpoint. Because of this Bob Bateman (MRL pilot) requested to have the train put in the siding at Heron and have the grain train following us run around. So we made our first trip into a siding at Heron and let the grainer around us. |
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10/20/2002 2:19:45 PM Hope ID Passing through Hope, ID next to Lake Pend Oreille. Sandpoint, ID is at the far left of the picture and the Schweitzer ski area is in the mountains behind. |
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10/20/2002 2:53:52 PM Kootenai ID At the Kootenai, ID siding, we went in for the last few miles of our trip. At the Montana Rockies Rail Tours siding, we stopped and let everyone off. This is a shot of Craig Thorpe and his wife Kathy and the nice couple from upstate New York....our dome mates. |
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10/20/2002 2:56:39 PM Kootenai ID The MRRT staff showing us the red carpet for the last time. |
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10/20/2002 2:56:54 PM Kootenai ID Unloading at Kootenai, ID. |
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10/20/2002 3:15:31 PM Kootenai ID As a special treat we did one last run by in the siding at Kootenai. For this run by Bob Bateman of MRL got to try his hand at running the SP&S 700 for a run by....and of course he did an awesome job!! |