Devil's Tower... I was there in July 2012 with a storm-chasing tour run by Silver Lining Tours. After visiting the tower, we headed north to Great Falls. We traveled along the old MILW Pacific Extension from Foresythe, MT north and west. It was really sad seeing the empty ROW with bridges intact and even some telegraph poles intact. It was as if everything was left waiting for the track to be put back in to place. We rounded a curve at one point, and I could see what was once a classification yard and an old train order hoop. After our stay in Grand Island for a couple of days, since there were only a few storms so we remained stationary rather than switch hotels daily, we headed north to Glacier. I have some nice train pics taken out near Havre. I did go through Shelby and caught a bad pic of the Shelby yard due to angle and sunlight. We had lunch in Havre, but I didn't get any pictures there. I saw both Empire Builders meet as they passed on the mainline next to the yard while I was eating at the line side Mac Donalds.
The flood too was probably caused by an HP super cell. They can dump gallons of rain along with inches of hail.
I've been through Gillette a couple of times and have some pics of the coal operations there taken from I-90 during the same trip above.
That's the cool thing about storm chasing in the Midwest. I got to watch the long freights that are non-existent up where I live. On one trip, I saw some beautiful freight action along the Strafford Sub in TX. There was a constant parade of freight trains of every imaginable kind. Sadly I was sitting in a position in the van where pictures were impossible to take on that side. During another time, along the same route, we were traveling at night. The other travelers, who knew I was a rail enthusiast, asked me what all the colored lights were... I explained that they were the signals. As we traveled along, we could see the signal aspects change as the freights moved from one block to another. If I lived down there, I'd probably not get anything else done during the day because I'd spend a good part of my time train watching.
The flood too was probably caused by an HP super cell. They can dump gallons of rain along with inches of hail.
I've been through Gillette a couple of times and have some pics of the coal operations there taken from I-90 during the same trip above.
That's the cool thing about storm chasing in the Midwest. I got to watch the long freights that are non-existent up where I live. On one trip, I saw some beautiful freight action along the Strafford Sub in TX. There was a constant parade of freight trains of every imaginable kind. Sadly I was sitting in a position in the van where pictures were impossible to take on that side. During another time, along the same route, we were traveling at night. The other travelers, who knew I was a rail enthusiast, asked me what all the colored lights were... I explained that they were the signals. As we traveled along, we could see the signal aspects change as the freights moved from one block to another. If I lived down there, I'd probably not get anything else done during the day because I'd spend a good part of my time train watching.