I’m in Montana this week visiting Stanford on my annual visit to my mother-in-law’s. After last year, I’m surprised the state and my mother-in-law let me back in…but they did so here I am again!
On our trip east yesterday after clearing the Rockies at Rogers pass I caught a warrant for the southbound freight on the radio. He was cleared to NSS Moccasin with a clear main track at last named point. Sounds like a meet with the northbound at Moccasin. Doing a bit of calculating based on the fact the northbound was at Hedgesville I was pretty sure the meet would happen around 7pm. After a dinner stop in GRF we headed east about 7:15pm. I figured we’d meet the northbound en route and sure enough just after Raynesford I heard “EMD 9058 north approaching Geyser”. We pulled off at my favorite location just north of Geyser and captured the train under Square Butte. I love the scenery here!
Continuing to Stanford we arrived for a fabulous sunset. There’s just a touch of smoke in the air so the colors are enhanced a bit.
Look for more posts over the next week, I have several fun things planned which should make for some interesting photos.
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