MinnKota Railfan
Another Bucket List Location Removed - Summit, MT
As memorizing as my first trip to Western Montana was, one thing that really stood out to me about this trip was this shot. The reasoning for this is not because the weather was the most cooperative, or the power on the train was noteworthy, but rather the location of where it was shot was.
When I was growing up, my parents always took my brother and I out to the Black Hills every year for vacation. Trips to the 1880 Train in Hill City South Dakota were inevitable as a result. Every year I bought a railroad calendar with some of the money my parents gave me for the trip. One particular calendar (I believe it was 2003 or 2004) had a picture of a pair of warbonnet dash nines and a BNSF H2 dash nine leading and intermodal train past these very same snow covered peaks at this very same location in Summit Montana. To this day, this photo is in my top 10 favorite railroad photos taken by anyone ever. I later found out this photo was taken by none other than Mr. Mike Danneman.
I stumbled upon this location in Summit Montana by accident while I was on my trip. It wasn't until after I shot this photo that I realized that I was standing nearly in the same spot as Mike Did 14 years earlier to take his photo. To me, that connection alone made my Montana Trip worth it.
Another Bucket List Location Removed - Summit, MT
As memorizing as my first trip to Western Montana was, one thing that really stood out to me about this trip was this shot. The reasoning for this is not because the weather was the most cooperative, or the power on the train was noteworthy, but rather the location of where it was shot was.
When I was growing up, my parents always took my brother and I out to the Black Hills every year for vacation. Trips to the 1880 Train in Hill City South Dakota were inevitable as a result. Every year I bought a railroad calendar with some of the money my parents gave me for the trip. One particular calendar (I believe it was 2003 or 2004) had a picture of a pair of warbonnet dash nines and a BNSF H2 dash nine leading and intermodal train past these very same snow covered peaks at this very same location in Summit Montana. To this day, this photo is in my top 10 favorite railroad photos taken by anyone ever. I later found out this photo was taken by none other than Mr. Mike Danneman.
I stumbled upon this location in Summit Montana by accident while I was on my trip. It wasn't until after I shot this photo that I realized that I was standing nearly in the same spot as Mike Did 14 years earlier to take his photo. To me, that connection alone made my Montana Trip worth it.