Thanks for Look'n Guys--They usually lock the gates after the 1st snowfall Shooter, the switch-backs get icy, & they don't trust us on the 4-wheelers up there. We might have to much fun!!!!!!

I have been in the back ground admiring all your photos for over a year now, thought I'd throw a little of my backyard out there. I love all the the comments & ribbing one gets, it keeps this forum very interesting. It seems like I know some of U allready. The best time to photograph the park is right after a rain, that really brings out the color of the clays. The Rainbow was the 1st day of Spring last year. Here ya go Ace=Hope it works

I'm guessing that is oil coming from the Bakken Shale Formation in North Dakota & Eastern Montana. They have been building loop tracks here for the past two years to ship all the oil they are drilling. Bakken Shale is #2 in producing oil in the nation now, Texas #1, Alaska #3. Warren Buffet fell into a gold mine buying BNSF Railway. The Coal-Car behind the Engines is a Buffer car in case of derailments.RacerDan=they are moving coaltrains down different lines to make room for their Crude oil Tankers now.

I see a bead of weld behind the row of rivets, looks like a old road grader blade. Plus some of the rivots are wore in one direction, like it might have been pushing gravel. But since U said its hollow, beats me.

As a old railroader, I'm betting she is the youngest of her siblings, the last is usually the caboose.

I leave a lens on all the time-A must, is to turn your camera to the Off position before removing the lens because there is a magnetic field & will draw dust in to the camera body.