2008 will always hold a real special place in my heart as it was my first real trip west of the Mississippi...headed out to the DME...every square inch of the railroad in fact....

We were paid a visit by one of the locals out there in badland country...near Owanka, SD....

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I meant to do this yesterday but I didn't have time...a year in review via pictures...I tried to include pictures most of you haven't seen and this is an exception....

A stopped ICE trian at the siding in Genoa...I played around with the double exposure feature on my D80 to get this baby....

Keats was driving this day (thanks kiddo!) back in January...and a couple months later ICE drifted into the Fallen Flag status after being taken over by the Canadian Pacific...little did I know how many miles and how much money I'd spend chasing this damn railroad around for the rest of the year!

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A second round of flooding in the summer forced CP to repay their favor on the ICE and detour from Elgin to LaCrescent, MN....

Here we are at New Lebanon...we see Lampy getting ready for the shot!

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This stupid thing sat in my uncle's garage for 6 years untouched and then when it came time to get a crappy beater for me...my uncle was nice enough to sell this to my family and boy was this thing a beast!

Here it is...dead...sitting in the flooding rains in September...a rotting power steering line was the final straw in the little basatard's life...I miss you buddy!

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In the latter half of 2008 me and my band finally got our shit together and recorded a damn good version of our songs...if anyone wants a copy let me know...its free!

Kyle, Santino and our recording buddy Jim chat it up before Kyle lays down some chocolate thunder....

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