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Geeps Under Wire

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While digging though my closet I found a full tray of 140 slides I hadn't looked at in a few years. In that tray I found a far better shot of a Butte, Anaconda and Pacific GP than I previously posted as Big Sky Country. So I'll forgive you if you un-fave that one. :-)

The BA & P was a railfan target because of the wire. But it was never 100% electrified. In the 60's maintenance got too expensive so they shut off the power and Geeps ran the show under Montana's wide open skies.

There is a short history of the BAandP at Don's Rails.

I thought about titling this "Which way is up?" While scanning this I tried to straighten it but I soon discovered that no two vertical lines are parallel,... everything leans in different directions by different amounts.
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SIDECARCYCLE's avatar
Great shot, love the overhead, I was always fascinated by electrics from an early age growing up, looking through my Dads old Model Railroader mags fueled my interest even more.