Montana Storms
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I have a random pic as my wallpaper - and I chose my "travel" photos as the source.
Here's a pic I took in Inverness, Montana. Stormclouds in the distance in Big Sky Country.
There's not a lot of "there" there, is there?
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Whole lotta nuthin', fer shure.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@Jolly It's midway between Shelby (where @renauda said he visited the bar) and Havre.
Havre is a refueling, crew change stop, so it's about 20-30 minutes of dwell time. You can see a crew member topping off the fresh water tank, getting the car ready for its trip through Glacier National Park.
The Empire Builder, which runs from Chicago to Seattle/Portland was run by the Great Northern Railroad, and the founder, James J. Hill. was known as "The Empire Builder. In Havre (pronounced "Have-er") there's a display of one of the grand steam locomotives that ran on the Great Northern route. The Great Northern merged with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy to become the Burlington Northern Railroad. The BN subsequently merged with the Santa-Fe to become today's BNSF.
The transition from steam to diesel power cut the travel time from the Pacific Northwest to Chicago from 58 to 45 hours.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@Jolly It's midway between Shelby (where @renauda said he visited the bar) and Havre.
Havre is a refueling, crew change stop, so it's about 20-30 minutes of dwell time. You can see a crew member topping off the fresh water tank, getting the car ready for its trip through Glacier National Park.
The Empire Builder, which runs from Chicago to Seattle/Portland was run by the Great Northern Railroad, and the founder, James J. Hill. was known as "The Empire Builder. In Havre (pronounced "Have-er") there's a display of one of the grand steam locomotives that ran on the Great Northern route. The Great Northern merged with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy to become the Burlington Northern Railroad. The BN subsequently merged with the Santa-Fe to become today's BNSF.
The transition from steam to diesel power cut the travel time from the Pacific Northwest to Chicago from 58 to 45 hours.
@George-K said in Montana Storms:
The Empire Builder, which runs from Chicago to Seattle/Portland was run by the Great Northern Railroad, and the founder, James J. Hill. was known as "The Empire Builder.
Funny! A town nearby (Wayzata... pronounced "why-zeta") has a "James J Hill Days" annual fair/celebration, so I was familiar with his name: https://jamesjhilldays.wayzatachamber.com/history/
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@Jolly It's midway between Shelby (where @renauda said he visited the bar) and Havre.
Havre is a refueling, crew change stop, so it's about 20-30 minutes of dwell time. You can see a crew member topping off the fresh water tank, getting the car ready for its trip through Glacier National Park.
The Empire Builder, which runs from Chicago to Seattle/Portland was run by the Great Northern Railroad, and the founder, James J. Hill. was known as "The Empire Builder. In Havre (pronounced "Have-er") there's a display of one of the grand steam locomotives that ran on the Great Northern route. The Great Northern merged with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy to become the Burlington Northern Railroad. The BN subsequently merged with the Santa-Fe to become today's BNSF.
The transition from steam to diesel power cut the travel time from the Pacific Northwest to Chicago from 58 to 45 hours.
@George-K Cool pictures!!
It is amazing how "open" the US is in the west part of the country. As Jolly said, a whole lot of nothing!
