Rails All Around the USA:
Ann Arbor to Seattle
Ann Arbor to Seattle
June 10 - June 12, 2005
Laurence Krieg
Click each picture for a larger version, or go through the set as a slide show
| Start here: Ann Arbor's humble Amtrak station | Former glory: Ann Arbor's Michigan Central station, now the Gandy Dancer restaurant | Huron River: Maple Road bridge - rustic beauty close to home |
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| Northern Indiana's industrial wasteland | Chicago Union Station: bygone glory retained | Chicago Union Station: the Empire Builder starts in subterranean gloom |
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| Sunset 1: Wisconsin | The Empire Builder in Minot, North Dakota | Missouri River in Montana. (I believe the teepee is not just a tourist attraction.) |
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| East Glacier National Park, Montana | Marias Pass in the Rocky Mountains of Montana | Flathead River, Montana |
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| Dawn over the Columbia River in central Washington | The orchards of Wenachee, Washington | Climbing up the east side of Stampede Pass in the Cascade Mountains of Washington |
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| Climbing down the west side of Stampede Pass | Salt water: Puget Sound near Everett, Washington | Farewell to the Empire Builder and Isaac R., my sleeping car attendant |
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