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Our section of train departed Portland, OR with one locomotive and four cars. At the same time, another section left Seattle, WA with with one locomotive and seven cars. In Spokane, the two trains are combined to one. The Portland section was added to the end of the Spokane section and the Portland locomotive became the lead unit on the consist.  Due to leaving Portland almost two hours late, the Seattle section sat in the Spokane yard waiting for us to arrive. It was after midnight when we arrived, so most people slept through the activity. The makeup was done in quick 20 minutes, |
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 Pasco, WA |
 9036 EMD SD70ACe |
 1423 GE ES44AC |
 Sunrise |
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 Sandpoint, ID (445 mi) |
 Sandpoint, ID |
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 Entering the Rockies |
 West Brimstone |
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 Whitefish Lakes |
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 2103 EMD GP38-2 2648 EMD GP35u |
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 2948 EMD GP39-2 |
 Whitefish, MT |
 Whitefish Station |
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 5700 GE AC44CW |
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 Whitefish River |
 Whitefish River |
 Whitefish River |
 Columbia Falls |
 Whitefish River |
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 Apgar Mt |
 Flathead River |
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 Bear Creek |
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 Izaak Walton Hotel |
 Locomotive hotel room |
 Caboose hotel room |
 View of power |
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 Goat Lick Creek |
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 National Park Service volunteers |
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 Elevated Bridge |
 Java East Bridge |
 Java East Bridge |
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Glacier National Park (715) |
 Guides narrated the trip |
 Horseshoe curve into Marias Pass |
 Marias Pass |
 Continental Divide 5220 ft. |
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 Glacier Park Overthrust |
 Glacial remains |
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 Beaver Dam |
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 Overthrust |
 Tee pee |
 Wind fence |
 Glacier Park Lodge |
 Glacier Park Lodge |
 Glacier Park Station |
 Two Medicine River |
 Two Medicine River |
 Two Medicine River |
 Trestle shadow |
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 Solitary Peak, last in the park |
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| As we leave the Rockies, we get our last view in Browning, MT. We pass through Cut Bank, Shelby then arrive in Harve for a service stop. After that we pass through Beaver Creek Wildlife Preserve and on to Williston, a drilling area. We finish the day with another service stop in Minot and pass thorugh the geographic center of North America in Rugby, ND. |
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 Browning |
 Last views of the Rockies |
 Last views of the Rockies |
 Last views of the Rockies |
 Harve, MT |
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 Great Northern 2584 |
 Great Northern 2584 |
 Power 76 & 182 P42DC |
 Baggage 61035 |
 Coach 34096 |
 Coach 34047 |
 Glascow-Ft Peck Dam |
 Missouri Breaks |
 Missouri Breaks |
 Beaver Creek Wildlife Refuge |
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 Williston drilling rig |
 Stanley, ND |
 Minot service stop |
 Minot service stop |
 Rugby, ND (1383 mi) |
