A round trip from Calgary
Trip From 7/9/2010 to 21/9/2010
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A trip around the north west from Calgary. The weather was far from perfect for much of the trip away from the desert.
 CP 8861 is seen leading an empty coal train to the Crowsnest area betweenn Fort Steele and Elko - 08/09/2010 |  CP 8861 is seen again leading an empty coal train to the Crowsnest area betweenn Fort Steele and Elko - 08/09/2010 |  BNSF 5114 is seen leading a manifest west on the Libby Cutoff at Fisher, Montana. Note the SD9 in the consist - 09/09/2010 |  The St Maries River railroad operate a portion of the former Milwaukee Road pacific extension closed in the early 1980s between St Maries and Plummer Junction. Here STMA GP9 103 (former Milwaukee Road) are seen leading the tri-weely local on one of thelast remaining portions of the Milwaukee Road west of Montana - 10/09/2010 |
 BNSF 4628 is seen leading a manifest west up Providence Hill west of Lind between Spokane and Pasco in the eastern Washington desert. - 10/09/2010 |  BNSF 5220 is seen ledaing a manifest east up Providence Hill - 10/09/2010 |  In the last moments of sun of the day BNSF 4604 is seen leading a manifest east of Providence Hill - 10/09/2010 |  BNSF 4671 is seen leading Z-CHCPTL near East Bates along the Columbia River - 11/09/2010 |
 BNSF 4502 is seen leading a manifest train west near East Bates - 11/09/2010 |  BNSF 5347 is seen ledaing a westbound loaded grain train at East Bates - 11/09/2010 |  BNSF 5438 is seen leading a eastbound manigest at East Bates - 11/09/2010 |  BNSF 4065 is seen leading a westbound empty garbage train at Maryhill - 11/09/2010 |
 BNSF 4453 is seen leading a westbound manifest just east of Lyle - 11/09/2010 |  BNSF 6428 is seen leading a westbound coal train to Roberts Bank east of Lyle - 11/09/2010 |  BNSF 1020 is seen leading a westbound Z-CHCPTL west at Lyle - 11/09/2010 |  BNSF 4130 is seen leading a westbound manifest at The Dalles - 12/09/2010 |
 BNSF 5452 is seen working a grain train at The Dalles - 12/09/2010 |  BNSF 4600 is seen leading a eastbound autorack train at The Dalles - 12/09/2010 |  UP 5205 is seen leading a eastbound manifest near Biggs on the south side of the Columbia River - 12/09/2010 |  UP 5694 is seen leading a westbound manigest near Biggs - 12/09/2010 |
 UP 4184 is seen leading a westbound doublestack train near Biggs - 12/09/2010 |  UP 8278 is seen leading a eastbound empty train grain back to Canada at Eastport, Idaho near Biggs - 12/09/2010 |  UP 6690 is seen leading a westbound train of covered gondolas west near Biggs - 12/09/2010 |  BNSF 718 is seen leading a westbound Z-CHCPTL over Horsethief Lake just east of the Dalles - 12/09/2010 |
 BNSF 4809 is seen leading a westbound manifest at Horsethief Lake - 12/09/2010 |  BNSF 4809 is seen again on heading west at Lyle - 12/09/2010 |  In the last light of the day BNSF 6076 is heading east with a coal train at Lyle - 12/09/2010 |  BNSF 4146 is seen on a eastbound empty grain train at The Dalles - 13/09/2010 |
 BNSF 4489 is seen leading a westbound manifest at Maryhill - 13/09/2010 |  BNSF 4146 west on grain is seen again passing a manifest at Maryhill - 13/09/2010 |  UP 844 is seen leading the 'Portland Rose' west through the Columbia River Gorge near Biggs - 13/09/2010 |  BNSF 5432 is seen leading a westbound grain train east of Maryhill - 13/09/2010 |
 BNSF 5189 is seen on a westbound manifest east of Maryhill - 13/09/2010 |  UP 5784 is seen leading an eastbound empty potash train out of Baker City - 14/09/2010 |  UP 5784 is seen again east of Baker City on the climb up Telocaset Summit - 14/09/2010 |  UP 5784 is seen at Weatherby heading east - 14/09/2010 |
 UP 5784 is seen heading east out of Weatherby tunnel - 14/09/2010 |  UP 7259 is seen on a westbound grain train climbing Encina Summit above Durkee. Another 4 locos are in the middle and one on the rear - 14/09/2010 |  UP (patched CNW) 6720 is seen leaing a eastbound manigest into Huntington near Lime - 14/09/2010 |  UP 5591 is seen leading a westbound doublestack into Huntington - 14/09/2010 |
 UP 4812 is seen leading westbound autoracks into Huntington - 14/09/2010 |  UP 4812 is seen again on a westbound autorack train near Durkee - 14/09/2010 |  UP 4812 is seen again near Encina Summit - 14/09/2010 |  UP 5663 is seen on a westbound grain train coming into Huntington - 15/09/2010 |
 UP 5663 is seen above Durkee on a westbound grain - 15/09/2010 |  UP 5642 is seen above Durkee on a westbound Manifest - 15/09/2010 |  Boise Valley Railroad 3525 is seen at Nampa, Idaho having arrived from Boise on the former UP branch - 15/09/2010 |  UP 8211 is seen heading west near King Hill, Idaho - 16/09/2010 |
 UP 4767 is seen leading the daily manifest from Pocotello to Silver Bow at Divide, Montana - 17/09/2010 |  UP 4767 is seen again having crossed Dear Lodge Pass on the way into Silver Bow - 17/09/2010 |  UP 4767 is seen shunting MPCSB at Silver Bow, Montana - 17/09/2010 |  BNSF 6130 is seen leading a loaded coal train in Lombard Canyon heading west - 18/09/2010 |
 BNSF 1046 is seen leading a eastbound manifest upgrade on the final approch to Marias Pass. The train could be heard about 40 minutes before it came into view for most of that time this location was in sun... - 19/09/2010 |  5508 is seen leading a westbound Z-Train near East Glacier - 19/09/2010 |  UP 8266 is seen leading a Eastport, Idaho to Alyth, Alberta Manifest down the east side of Crowsnest Pass in southern Alberta - 20/09/2010 |
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