Sunny Skies and Geeps
As I usually do this time of year I leave Alaska for points south. This year I was concentrating on Eastern WA, ID & MT. High on my list was to get some good shots of the St. Maries railroad as my one previous visit was nothing but overcast skies. This time my results would be different although that didn't appear to be the case at first. I had talked to several folks and most said Mon-Tue-Thu were regular operating days. Based on our travel schedule we picked Thursday as that seemed to be the most reliable day to take the loads from St.. Maries to Plummer. We arrived Wednesday grabbed a room and headed down to the depot where we found the crew working and working and working. It appears in addition to lumber the railroad also stores quite a number of double stack cars for the UP. UP had requested some back and it took the crew longer than they had expected to dig them out so the run to Plummer was postponed until Friday. As you might guess we decided to stay until the next day and as it turns out we were rewarded for our patience. STMA Geeps 101-103 cross the large steel trestle east of the large Pee Dee Creek trestle as they bring empties back to town.
Sunny Skies and Geeps
As I usually do this time of year I leave Alaska for points south. This year I was concentrating on Eastern WA, ID & MT. High on my list was to get some good shots of the St. Maries railroad as my one previous visit was nothing but overcast skies. This time my results would be different although that didn't appear to be the case at first. I had talked to several folks and most said Mon-Tue-Thu were regular operating days. Based on our travel schedule we picked Thursday as that seemed to be the most reliable day to take the loads from St.. Maries to Plummer. We arrived Wednesday grabbed a room and headed down to the depot where we found the crew working and working and working. It appears in addition to lumber the railroad also stores quite a number of double stack cars for the UP. UP had requested some back and it took the crew longer than they had expected to dig them out so the run to Plummer was postponed until Friday. As you might guess we decided to stay until the next day and as it turns out we were rewarded for our patience. STMA Geeps 101-103 cross the large steel trestle east of the large Pee Dee Creek trestle as they bring empties back to town.