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Viewing Album:  Weston Branch
 
By:Mark Herren
Dates:1/30/2008 - 1/30/2008
Album Info:shots from the former Blue Mtn RR (ex-UP) line from Walla Walla to Weston,OR operated by PCC...
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BLMR 799
Title:  BLMR 799
Description:  tied down....
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 12:04:54 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  148   Comments: 1
BLMR 799
Title:  BLMR 799
Description:  ready to start work after some fuel...
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 12:05:30 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  144   Comments: 0
Fill 'er Up!
Title:  Fill 'er Up!
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 12:06:15 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  158   Comments: 0
Starting Up
Title:  Starting Up
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Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 12:06:49 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  147   Comments: 0
At the Switch
Title:  At the Switch
Description:  here is where the main and the spur to Smith Foods is....
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 12:08:05 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  154   Comments: 0
Clearing the Switch
Title:  Clearing the Switch
Description:  yet another switch that is snowed over....
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 12:08:45 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  159   Comments: 0
Plowing Snow
Title:  Plowing Snow
Description:  well, here it isnt up to the plow....
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 12:09:18 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  134   Comments: 0
Blue Mountain 799
Title:  Blue Mountain 799
Description:  slowly making its way to Smiths'...
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 12:10:19 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  143   Comments: 0
Gloomy
Title:  Gloomy
Description:  and cold...and windy...and fun!
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 12:10:56 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  146   Comments: 2
Stopped
Title:  Stopped
Description:  while the crossing behind me is cleared....
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 12:11:33 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  147   Comments: 1
Chisled
Title:  Chisled
Description:  a little work & sweat got the most of the ice off of the rails...
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:31:08 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  121   Comments: 0
Game Planning
Title:  Game Planning
Description:  deciding the next course of action...
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:31:42 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  131   Comments: 0
Picking Up the Loads
Title:  Picking Up the Loads
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:32:32 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  109   Comments: 0
Loads in Sight
Title:  Loads in Sight
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Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:33:27 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  114   Comments: 0
Pulling the Loads Out
Title:  Pulling the Loads Out
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:34:03 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  125   Comments: 0
Tony the Engineer
Title:  Tony the Engineer
Description:  looks deep in thought,eh?
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 2/4/2008 11:06:41 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  84   Comments: 0
Hang On Matt!
Title:  Hang On Matt!
Description:  doing a little switching here....
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 2/4/2008 11:07:10 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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At the Switch
Title:  At the Switch
Description:  of the runaround track....
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:34:34 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Here Comes the Empties
Title:  Here Comes the Empties
Description:  up the main then back down the spur (towards me)
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:35:06 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Shoving
Title:  Shoving
Description:  the empties inbound....
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:35:46 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  101   Comments: 0
Gravity Switching pt.1
Title:  Gravity Switching pt.1
Description:  to run the cars around the loco, gravity is used...
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:36:19 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  154   Comments: 1
Gravity Switching pt.2
Title:  Gravity Switching pt.2
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:36:51 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  158   Comments: 1
Gravity Switching pt.3
Title:  Gravity Switching pt.3
Description:  hanging on...still rolling...
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:37:22 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Gravity pt.4
Title:  Gravity pt.4
Description:  starting to set the handbrake...
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:37:50 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  66   Comments: 0
One More Switching Move
Title:  One More Switching Move
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:38:20 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  117   Comments: 0
Backing the #799
Title:  Backing the #799
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 2/4/2008 11:07:50 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  100   Comments: 0
D'Oh
Title:  D'Oh
Description:  the road wasnt THAT bad....
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:38:55 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  177   Comments: 5
Coming Down
Title:  Coming Down
Description:  the #799 and 3 reefers begin downgrade...
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:39:29 AM
Location:  Blue Mountain, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  107   Comments: 0
1/4 Way Down
Title:  1/4 Way Down
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:40:07 AM
Location:  Blue Mountain, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  122   Comments: 0
Half Way Down
Title:  Half Way Down
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:40:40 AM
Location:  Blue Mountain, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  127   Comments: 0
Almost Down
Title:  Almost Down
Description:  the Weston Turn has reached the bottom of the worst of the grade...
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:41:18 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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799 Coming 'round
Title:  799 Coming 'round
Description:  coming through the horseshoe at the bottom of the hill...
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:41:58 AM
Location:  Blue Mountain, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  112   Comments: 0
Blue Mtn RR's #799
Title:  Blue Mtn RR's #799
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:42:42 AM
Location:  Blue Mountain, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  107   Comments: 0
the Returning "Weston Turn"
Title:  the Returning "Weston Turn"
Description:  a GP35 and a couple of refeers comprise the "Weston Turn"....
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:43:25 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  118   Comments: 1
Owl!
Title:  Owl!
Description:  the passing train scared up this owl and scared the %$#@ outta me...wasnt expecting that!
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:44:41 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  199   Comments: 5
Parting Shot from the Curve
Title:  Parting Shot from the Curve
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:44:00 AM
Location:  Blue Mountain, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  110   Comments: 0
BLMR 799 North
Title:  BLMR 799 North
Description:  heading down the Dry Creek Coulee....
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:45:19 AM
Location:  Blue Mountain, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  118   Comments: 1
Blue Mountain 799
Title:  Blue Mountain 799
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:45:54 AM
Location:  Blue Mountain, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  86   Comments: 0
Hot Wheels!!
Title:  Hot Wheels!!
Description:  using the train brakes while coming downgrade has warmed the wheels a little....
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 2/4/2008 11:08:53 AM
Location:  Weston, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  133   Comments: 0
Snowy Dry Creek Gulch
Title:  Snowy Dry Creek Gulch
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:46:44 AM
Location:  Barrett, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  129   Comments: 1
Blue Mtn 799
Title:  Blue Mtn 799
Description:  northbound along Dry Creek...(south of Milton-Freewater)
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:47:26 AM
Location:  Barrett, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  206   Comments: 0
Cruisin' at 10mph
Title:  Cruisin' at 10mph
Description:  its the speed limit on the Milton-Freewater Industrial Branch...
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:48:01 AM
Location:  Barrett, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  119   Comments: 0
Snakin' through the Coulee
Title:  Snakin' through the Coulee
Description:  a GP35 & two reefers coming north...
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:48:43 AM
Location:  Barrett, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  145   Comments: 2
Snakin' through the Coulee pt2
Title:  Snakin' through the Coulee pt2
Description:  crooked as a politician it is...
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:49:20 AM
Location:  Barrett, OR
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  160   Comments: 0
BLMR 799 at the Border
Title:  BLMR 799 at the Border
Description:  almost to the Washington/Oregon border...
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:49:58 AM
Location:  Spofford, OR
Author:  Samantha Herren
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Views:  102   Comments: 0
the "Weston Turn"
Title:  the "Weston Turn"
Description:  coming into town....
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:50:34 AM
Location:  Walla Walla, WA
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  106   Comments: 0
Prospect Crossing
Title:  Prospect Crossing
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 1:51:04 AM
Location:  Walla Walla, WA
Author:  Mark Herren
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Views:  139   Comments: 0

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