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I have the day off since I had 2 day's worth of fed-mandated RR testing. ( passed with 100s & 95% x 2) I'll mess around this afternoon & put a few more pics up. SW

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A few more: SW

Lurkeys not far from Agate. They're everywhere!

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Lakota lodge also near Agate. There was an annual tribal event going on & this was the first lodge up.

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BeaNer helper set. These were used to shove loaded trains up a long grade. The oiler in the middle was so they didn't have to gas 'em up every week.

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CNW GP-50 from a train wreck. We always put one of these in the middle of our power for use as a booster = extra horsepower. They didn't have much for guts but more horsepower is better - if that makes any sense. This one got squished between to bigger motors when the crew fell asleep & a$$ packed the train ahead.

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....love the detail in these ol' B&W pics ....you get my juices fired up...I'm gonna have to post some of my more interesting negs I scanned.....and buy a scanner like your do digitize the other 98% I have that havent seen daylight in about 35-40 years...

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It's a lazy afternoon at Hoggerville - everyone but me is pounding the pillow so I amused myself playing with the neg scanner. Winter scenes from a long time ago. SW

A real deal sheepherder wagon. I've actually seen scruffy types live in these while looking after large herds of sheep. So were any ewes invited inside after sunset? I flat do NOT want to know!!

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Cattle taking what shelter they can ( and it ain't much!) from a rip-snorter of a snowstorm. Blowing snow & colder than Billy H***. I tried different shutter speeds to catch the blowing snow but it didn't work out.

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Old wagon in deep snow - same general time frame and still colder than a well digger's hip pockets!

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Turks weathering the storm. They're out on the prairie here but mostly they hung around the corrals and pecked turds. I see a couple nice beards - hope they survived til spring!

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Stack of elk entlers by an old buckboard. There was a bunch of junk piled on the buckboard & I cropped it out. Yup - still cold!

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"Stubble duck" and old Marlin shotgun. I'm sure you sharp-eyed mugs have spotted that it's a hen. Well, it still tasted good! Jobs and $ were tight that winter so me & the gf lived on a lot of wild game & spuds. No food stamps for me - I figured that was for old folks or single moms.

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that pile of antlers reminds me of traveling out west as a kid , there was a huge pile in the middle of town one place we visited , my dad bought a handful to make coat hooks for the basement

i was told by the guy selling them that they didnt last long out on the prarie as the rodents ate them

If I remember Jackson, WY has big stack of elk antlers in the middle of town. That was 30 years ago though.

Rad

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now that you say that i remember that pile in jackson wyoming as well