Books, Rails, and Yellowstone

[miniwyo]

Ok, so you may have noticed I have been absent around here for a while, and that is because I have been out to Yellowstone for 4 days. And while I was in the visitor center at Mammoth Hot Springs, I found a book, Rails To Yellowstone. It is quite interesting, all about the railroads role in providing service to the park. And on the way back, we came back through Star Valley. And jsut south of Cokeville Wy, there was a ranch that had a boxcar for a shed. It looked like that guy paints that thing up every year. It is the old style 40' UP boxcar, with the slogan, "Be Specific, Ship Union Pacific!" 

[CopCarSS]

Ahhhh...Yellowstone...one of my fav. places! So this begs two questions:

1) Where can I see the shots?

2) Did you get some nice animal shots with the Tammy 200-500?

[Mailman56701]

Ok, so you may have noticed I have been absent around here for a while, and that is because I have been out to Yellowstone for 4 days. And while I was in the visitor center at Mammoth Hot Springs, I found a book, Rails To Yellowstone. It is quite interesting, all about the railroads role in providing service to the park. And on the way back, we came back through Star Valley. And jsut south of Cokeville Wy, there was a ranch that had a boxcar for a shed. It looked like that guy paints that thing up every year. It is the old style 40' UP boxcar, with the slogan, "Be Specific, Ship Union Pacific!" 

 

  I lived in that area for 25 years, and especially on the Idaho side, near the Wyoming border, there's still some of those roadbeds around.  Rails long gone.  Just northeast of Driggs, Idaho, off the beaten path, there is a HUGE (as in vertical distance) old steel trestle bridge still standing.

[miniwyo]

Ahhhh...Yellowstone...one of my fav. places! So this begs two questions:

1) Where can I see the shots?

2) Did you get some nice animal shots with the Tammy 200-500?

 

1. http://miniwyo.deviantart.com/gallery

2.  I attempted to take some of a bear, but it was snowing pretty decently so what I think happened is that when I focoused on the bear, it compressed all the snow flakes between me and the bear, giving be a bear shaped object. I am actually still learning how to use the dang thing!

[chad thomas]

Hi RJ, Nice shots !!!

[spbed]

Did U take a pix of the UPRR marker at the west entrance? Get any pix of the car staion across the street from the west entrance?  

 

 

 

Ok, so you may have noticed I have been absent around here for a while, and that is because I have been out to Yellowstone for 4 days. And while I was in the visitor center at Mammoth Hot Springs, I found a book, Rails To Yellowstone. It is quite interesting, all about the railroads role in providing service to the park. And on the way back, we came back through Star Valley. And jsut south of Cokeville Wy, there was a ranch that had a boxcar for a shed. It looked like that guy paints that thing up every year. It is the old style 40' UP boxcar, with the slogan, "Be Specific, Ship Union Pacific!" 

[miniwyo]

Did U take a pix of the UPRR marker at the west entrance? Get any pix of the car staion across the street from the west entrance? 

We didn't even go into west yellowstone, I thnk that will be the route for next summer Jackson to Old Faithful, to West Yellowstone, then outside the park to Gardner Montana, and thne back out of the park to Cooke City Montana, and maybe over into Red Lodge. 

 

Hi RJ, Nice shots !!! <span class="smiley"></span>

Thanks Chad! 

[erikem]

We didn't even go into west yellowstone, I thnk that will be the route for next summer Jackson to Old Faithful, to West Yellowstone, then outside the park to Gardner Montana, and thne back out of the park to Cooke City Montana, and maybe over into Red Lodge. 

The drive from Cooke City to Red Lodge is spectacular! I'll be in Red Lodge a month from now - my uncle has a cabin just south of town.

Thanks for the note about the RR's to Yellowstone - I picked up a book on the UP line to Yellowstone at the OERM bookstore a number of years ago - from the numerous references to the Mormons, suspect it might have published under the auspices of the Mormon church. 

[miniwyo]

We didn't even go into west yellowstone, I thnk that will be the route for next summer Jackson to Old Faithful, to West Yellowstone, then outside the park to Gardner Montana, and thne back out of the park to Cooke City Montana, and maybe over into Red Lodge. 

The drive from Cooke City to Red Lodge is spectacular! I'll be in Red Lodge a month from now - my uncle has a cabin just south of town.

Thanks for the note about the RR's to Yellowstone - I picked up a book on the UP line to Yellowstone at the OERM bookstore a number of years ago - from the numerous references to the Mormons, suspect it might have published under the auspices of the Mormon church. 

 

Quite possible if you were in Orem.  Not gonna get into that subject here......   

If you are gonna be in the Rock Springs Area, Feel free to let me know! 

 

I have been from Cody, Wy. up over Dead Indian Pass into the Beartooth Range and then over into Cooke City. Well, We did take a side trip the other direction up to the Beartooth summit.... In a bus............

 

 

Correction, The book is Titled Yellowstone by Train.  (I finally got around to unpacking. This 4 AM to 7 PM travel/work schedule is starting to get to me....)

[erikem]

We didn't even go into west yellowstone, I thnk that will be the route for next summer Jackson to Old Faithful, to West Yellowstone, then outside the park to Gardner Montana, and thne back out of the park to Cooke City Montana, and maybe over into Red Lodge. 

The drive from Cooke City to Red Lodge is spectacular! I'll be in Red Lodge a month from now - my uncle has a cabin just south of town.

Thanks for the note about the RR's to Yellowstone - I picked up a book on the UP line to Yellowstone at the OERM bookstore a number of years ago - from the numerous references to the Mormons, suspect it might have published under the auspices of the Mormon church. 

 

Quite possible if you were in Orem.

OERM = Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, CA - been a member for 18 years now.

 

If you are gonna be in the Rock Springs Area, Feel free to let me know! 

I have been from Cody, Wy. up over Dead Indian Pass into the Beartooth Range and then over into Cooke City. Well, We did take a side trip the other direction up to the Beartooth summit.... In a bus............

Correction, The book is Titled Yellowstone by Train.  (I finally got around to unpacking. This 4 AM to 7 PM travel/work schedule is starting to get to me....)

Thanks for the correction on the book title, will either back order from a local bookstore or snag it when we go through Yellowstone next month. I've been over the Beartooth Pass at least a dozen times, first time was back in the 60's. One disapointment is seeing how yuppified Cooke City has become over the years.

Don't think we'll be going through Rock Springs, but will let you know If we do (thanks). 

[miniwyo]

We didn't even go into west yellowstone, I thnk that will be the route for next summer Jackson to Old Faithful, to West Yellowstone, then outside the park to Gardner Montana, and thne back out of the park to Cooke City Montana, and maybe over into Red Lodge. 

The drive from Cooke City to Red Lodge is spectacular! I'll be in Red Lodge a month from now - my uncle has a cabin just south of town.

Thanks for the note about the RR's to Yellowstone - I picked up a book on the UP line to Yellowstone at the OERM bookstore a number of years ago - from the numerous references to the Mormons, suspect it might have published under the auspices of the Mormon church. 

 

Quite possible if you were in Orem.

OERM = Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, CA - been a member for 18 years now.

 

If you are gonna be in the Rock Springs Area, Feel free to let me know! 

I have been from Cody, Wy. up over Dead Indian Pass into the Beartooth Range and then over into Cooke City. Well, We did take a side trip the other direction up to the Beartooth summit.... In a bus............

Correction, The book is Titled Yellowstone by Train.  (I finally got around to unpacking. This 4 AM to 7 PM travel/work schedule is starting to get to me....)

Thanks for the correction on the book title, will either back order from a local bookstore or snag it when we go through Yellowstone next month. I've been over the Beartooth Pass at least a dozen times, first time was back in the 60's. One disapointment is seeing how yuppified Cooke City has become over the years.

Don't think we'll be going through Rock Springs, but will let you know If we do (thanks). 

 

Ah  ok, I thought you just had a little Dyslexia there......

 

Cooke City Yuppified?  You mean all off its 200 yard long main street? 

[Mailman56701]

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Thanks for the correction on the book title, will either back order from a local bookstore or snag it when we go through Yellowstone next month. I've been over the Beartooth Pass at least a dozen times, first time was back in the 60's. One disapointment is seeing how yuppified Cooke City has become over the years.

 

  Hehe, yep.  When I lived out in that region, we called it, "Californicated"  :)

   Glad I got to experience the area before that happened.  One of the main reasons we left.