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    BNSF track projects, WA State 2014

    Interesting about the English siding project. I know one of the farmers real well, but he actually leases a little bit of the land from the BNSF on the far north end.
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    What Boots Do You Wear?

    Also wore White's for years farming...switched to Danners due to them being water proof. Might be just me, but even with constant greasing, my Whites tended to start leaking in under a year. Don't even wear rubber boots ditching anymore, Danners hold up great in water, stay warm and dry. Had...
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    What Boots Do You Wear?

    Some guys are Democracts, some are Republicans, I'm a Danner man. Danner "quarry" style boots, made in Portland, Ore, feel like a broke in pair of slippers when you first put them on. http://www.danner.com/?gclid=CNH56NfPyq0CFWgaQgodWxhRhA Life's short, buy expensive shoes. Martin Burwash
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    Comment by 'martin burwash' in media 'all CP power'

    Agree, Hobo. Have seen plenty of the CN version of this train, first time I've seen an all CP consist. When it went south through Mt. Vernon, had 3 units on the point, and no DPU.
  5. EMD vs GE

    EMD vs GE

    A GE unit works west, passing an EMD unit waiting on the siding.
  6. Opening the Upper Gate

    Opening the Upper Gate

    Harrison Local stops while a crewman opens the upper cattle gate.
  7. Meeting on the Great Divide

    Meeting on the Great Divide

    A helper set shoves a coal heavy over the Great Divide at Blossburg while a lite set waits to return east to Helena
  8. Shoving Around Austin

    Shoving Around Austin

    Head-end of a coal heavy works towards Iron Ridge while the helper shoves through West Austin
  9. Midnight Meet

    Midnight Meet

    Empty coal waits at the summit of Mullan Pass for a westbound.
  10. Black Diamonds Westbound

    Black Diamonds Westbound

    The Livingston helper gives a westbound coal heavy a shove over Bozeman Hill.
  11. Last Light

    Last Light

    A 4-set helper holds the siding at Blossburg, MT in the last light of the day.
  12. Polson Local

    Polson Local

    The MRL Polson Local greets the morning sun.
  13. Peaking Around the Bend

    Peaking Around the Bend

    The headlight of an eastbound stack train illuminates the falling rain at Scenic, WA.
  14. Coming Off the 2.2

    Coming Off the 2.2

    A eastbound "Z" train drops off the 2.2% onto the gentler 1.6% just west of Merritt on the east slope of Stevens Pass.
  15. Icing on the Cake

    Icing on the Cake

    Like icing on a cake, a coating of "Cascade Cement" clings to the nose of an eastbound stack train slogging up the siding at Scenic, WA.
  16. Skying Above Skyline

    Skying Above Skyline

    A BNSF run-through freight drops down the east slope of Mullan Pass, crossing the Austin Gulch via the Skyline Treste.
  17. A Face Only an EMD Fan Can Love

    A Face Only an EMD Fan Can Love

    MRL 290 waits out the week-end at Bozman, MT
  18. Nice 5-set

    Nice 5-set

    In a world dominated by the SD 70ACe's, it's nice to see the occasional 2nd generation 5-set move freight over Bozeman Hill.


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