June 10, 2010

Version 2 Pictures: Monarch to Kleenburn

Here are some shots from the current west end of the route. We start our journey at the small storage yard at Monarch. At least this is what I have made of the three, today long abandoned sidings at this location.

Another view of the same place.




A bit further east, the goes through a curve, ducks underneath I90 and then immediately after crosses the Tongue River.



The small community of Kleenburn. I might have put a few houses too many in there, but I liked the looks of it. This is the location of a passing siding.



Finally, the big loadout facilities of the strip mines just east of Kleenburn. The little five-track yard was already in version 1, but the backdating of the route for version 2 allows it to become once again alive and kicking. The single spur on the left is the loadout track of the local gravel pit.