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FlossTycoon
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Missoula, MT, United States
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locomotive engineer
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This was a shuttle move to bring the train from Portland, OR where the locomotive is stored to the upper midwest of the US for a summer of excursion train service to raise money for this locomotive and others. The cars following the locomotive are full of their owners and guests as well as some day riders who have purchased tickets to ride behind steam enroute.
This location is on the old Great Northern Railway line south of Glacier National Park which the mountain in the background is part of. It is east of the continantal divide and this location always works for train photos for nearly all focal lengths and either landscape or portrait mode.
There is no visible smoke from the locomotive since it is drifting downhill and the early July fire danger was high enough the crew wanted to keep the chance of sparks from the stack low. The temperatures were high enough no white smoke from condensation would be visible.
The locomotive with a similar train will return over this route in mid October. I plan to be trackside once again perhaps a little farther to the west for a similar photo.
Thanks to all for the support.