Advice From Malta

by Steve Eshom

Thursday’s family expedition was a trip to Malta, MT to see a local museum that contained several dinosaur skeletons. That was of course quite interesting. To top it off the museum was right across the street from the Hi-Line so I was able to capture a couple of the trains whipping through town. In this first photo an eastbound stack train passes underneath Malta’s version of the ubiquitous grain elevator. I’m not sure if the banner on the leftmost elevator (Break The Habit) was pointed at railfans or potential drug users?

Break The Habit

East of Malta is the Bowdoin Wildlife Refuge which includes a 15 mile driving tour around the refuge. We spent nearly an hour and a half viewing wildlife in this fantastic location. Wouldn’t you know it, but the railroad cuts through the southern third of it. During the time we were there Amtak 7 and 8 passed along with an eastbound Z and the Z-CHCPTL (hey a piece of home in MT). I chose to capture the eastbound Z at one of the rural crossings in the refuge. If you like wildlife and trains, this place has it all and it is priced just right for the railfan (free!).

Bowdoin Crossing

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