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Rolling along the Flathead River, Montana Rail Link’s day gas local heads east on the Tenth Subdivision near Dixon, Montana, at McDonald on September 24, 2007.
Flathead Valley special area project, Montana, USA.
John Vachon, photographer. March 1942.
Original picture:
hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c21635
Library of Congress, USA
© John Vachon, 1942
© Alain Girard, Restored & Colorized, 2023
Looking down on the Big Arm section of Montana's Flathead Lake. The teal tones are due to glacial silt flowing down from the Flathead rivers from Glacier National Park.
This is just a wee slice of this impressive lake. Flathead Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi in the lower 48 states, with over 200 square miles of water and 185 miles of shoreline.
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The beautiful teal/green glacial waters of this special river are striking.
"The Flathead River, in the northwestern part of Montana, originates in the Rocky Mountains near Glacier National Park and flows southwest into Flathead Lake, then after a journey of 158 miles (254 km), empties into the Clark Fork river. The river is part of the Columbia River drainage basin, as the Clark Fork is a tributary of the Pend Oreille River, a Columbia River tributary."
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A year ago today I was in Montana, chasing the Gas Local. Here is the Day Gas, winding along the Flathead River.
The Westbound MRL Night Gas local makes every bit of track speed following the Flathead River towards Paradise on the 10th Sub
A clinging mayfly nymph in the Heptageniidae family. The circular projections on the pronatum signify Ecdyonurus sp.
A stack of 13 handheld images using PS.
A short Montana Rail Link gas local rumbles westbound along the Flathead River at Perma, Montana, on the afternoon of May 8, 2012.
A roadside stand offers sweet cheeries for sale along the main highway in Big Fork, Montana. Known as “Flathead Cherries”, this part of Montana is famous for its delicious sweet cherries.
A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe double-stack train blasts out of the west portal of Flathead Tunnel just east of Rock Creek on September 6, 1999. The 7.01-mile tunnel was opened in 1970 as part of a 60-mile line change due to the construction of Libby Dam, and is the second longest tunnel in the United States.
These are rather difficult to photograph as the caps are low to the ground. Even with my 60 mm macro lens, it took 80 images stacked to get the entire cap with my settings. A trick I learned was to use the leaves as a reflector to help illuminate the gills on the bottom of the low cap.
On September 20, 2012, Montana Rail Link’s day gas local heads east along the Flathead River approaching Perma, Montana, on MRL’s Tenth Subdivision. Powering the train of empty tank cars is MRL EMD SD45 No. 346 and SD40-2XR No. 263.
The Day Gas rolls eastward on the MRL 10th Sub paralleling the Flathead river on the spectacular sunny day of October 26, 2024, with MRL 4400/4406 on point guiding the train back to Missoula.
On a beautiful summer afternoon west of the rugged Mission Range, Montana Rail Link’s night gas local rolls westbound along the Flathead River at McDonald, Montana, on June 26, 2020.
I learned a long time ago as a landscape photographer, that you should "Never Give Up On A Sunset". Some might say, "what do you mean by that statement Nick" Well I shall tell you. If you have viewed or captured very many sunset images with your camera, you will soon come to realize as I have that sometimes the longer the sun has set over the horizon the more the colors change in the sky. Depending upon what type of sunset it is, some of the most brilliant colors will manifest themselves the best some time after the sun has already set.
I can't tell you how many times I have been to a place where the sun has set and the colors did not impress me that much and I left far too early. After leaving then the sky exploded with sensational colors. Thus my motto as the landscape photographer that I am is simply "Never Give Up On A Sunset". Be patient, and just maybe that setting sun will reveal some amazing colors that you never imaged that it could! :-)
This particular sunset was captured over Flathead Lake, near my home town of Polson Montana. I posted a sunset shot earlier that I took at the same place but just about 10 min earlier than this one. If you compare the images you will see the color difference. It further drives home my point of never giving up on a sunset!
As I was recently visiting Montana, the state that I grew up in, I was treated to a beautiful sunset over Flathead Lake, near the town of Polson.
On the morning of October 27, 2024 the Day Gas skirts along the Flathead river near Perma, MT with MRL 4400/4406 on point. There was quite a storm brewing in the west that the train had been racing ahead of on the trip back east towards Missoula.
Looking down on the Big Arm section of Montana's Flathead Lake. The teal tones are due to glacial silt flowing down into the Flathead rivers from Glacier National Park.
Flathead Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi in the lower 48 states, with over 200 square miles of water and 185 miles of shoreline.
Have a great week!
The Gas Local returns towards Missoula as they roll along the Flathead River at Perma. From July 2005
Circa 1932 Ford truck with the newly developed Flathead V8 engine. This engine would be used for the next 21 years.
The sun rises over the Rocky Mountains and a fishing boat on Flathead Lake in Montana. This is a photo of some Boy Scouts who got up to not only cast for fish but witness the spectacular morning sky with coloration augmented by wildfire smoke. By the end of the morning, scouts had caught Lake Trout, Pike Minnow, and Lake Superior Whitefish; credit toward the fishing merit badge.