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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Photos from left to right:

Bob Kelly's tour of GN Montana Depots

#1 - up at the crack of dawn; #2 - a busload of Depot lovers; #3 - John Tracy gives us a rundown; #4 - Bus captain Mark Meyer.

#5 - Glacier Park Depot in early morning light; #6 - Camp Disappointment Monument (Lewis & Clark).

First stop:  Cut Bank, MT depot.

#1 - Close up of the boys; #2 - Cut Bank depot; #3 - original and rusty GN sign; #4 - Train hype!; #5 - Right on cue, BNSF sends us an auto train.

Second stop:  Cut Bank, MT historical museum.

#1 - Ben Ringnalda checks out the facilities; #2 - Climbing into an old building; #3 - inside boonie building; #4 - curator tells us about building's history;

#5 - On a tour of a model homestead; #6 - Inside homestead cabin; #7 - you can see how small it was - cabin for one!

#8, #9, #10 - Mark Meyer explains original Cut Bank GN interlocking equipment his father used to operate.  #11 - checking out a BN caboose.

#12, #13, #14 - BNSF had a nice little display of modern MOW equipment for our group.  Thank you, BNSF!

Third stop:  Kevin, MT depot.

#1 - Kevin station sign along ex-GN Shelby-Sweet Grass line; #2 - Kevin depot, now a senior center; #3 - Free cookies!!!; #4 - Ex-BN caboose masquerading as a GN; #5 - close up of caboose.

Fourth stop:  Shelby, MT museum.

#1 - Unloading the buses; #2 - Standing in the chow line; #3 - lunch time; #4 - fill 'er up.

#5 - White-lined BN caboose; #6 - checking out an old tank car.

Fifth stop:  Shelby depot

#1 - Depot board; #2 - east end of depot; #3 - inside Shelby depot; #4 - These guys are SERIOUS about safety...

Sixth stop:  Conrad, MT depot and museum

#1 - Conrad depot sign; #2 - Conrad depot in the rustic style; #3 - Old General Foods logo on elevator; #4 - Watering hole across from the depot (I love the LTD!); #5 & #6 - Inside the Conrad museum a couple blocks from the depot.

#1 - lots of trains at Shelby viewed from the bus; #2 - Cut Bank's famous talking penguin.

Seventh stop:  Checking out the Cut Bank trestle.

#1 & #2 - trestle looks good, but no trains today.

Eighth stop:  Browning, MT depot.

#1 - Browning depot sign; #2 - depot looking east; #3 - depot looking west.