Our train club decided to go on a trip by train to Montana as a group and 17 of us brave souls ventured forth. We left Spokane early in the morning of
Saturday and woke up in Whitefish, Montana on our journey to a small town further down the line. Hello Montana!
Here are 2 unlikely riders on the train as both were BNSF engineers, now riding the rails as customers...
paying customers! That's Keith on the left and John on the right looking at the scenery from a side window
instead of a windshield.
Around lunch time we arrive at Havre, Montana where they preserved a Great Northern 4-8-4 steam engine
that used to run past this spot on a regular basis for 25 years before diesels knocked them off. I left the guy
in the shot to show how big they were.
After lunch in Havre we got back on Amtrak to now journey west back to Spokane. Two new GE engines were
our power to allow that to happen.
Ver Walker takes a photo of me taking a photo of the train we are about to ride back to Spokane.
The journey was some 1200 miles and 24 hours long. The ticket cost was about $160.00 per member
and next year this ride may not be available if budget cuts occur in Congress. 20 Trillion and counting!
On Marias Pass in the Rockies we travel past spots I railfanned many times in my life, now I see it
from a different perspective from the train. I may never make it back here again. What a ride!
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