Re: Butte, Montana
Author: George Andrews
Date: 11-10-2013 - 19:34
Butte, Montana was known as " The Richest Hill on Earth ", and for good reason. Many millions of dollars worth of Copper, Silver, and other minerals were mined there, enough to support 4 major railroads. Supposedly Butte Hill has a hundred miles of tunnels under it. The GN line from Helena was quite a nasty line to operate, with several steep grades and much curvature, yet the line hosted a daily freight right up to the BN Merger. The line hosted solid lashups of GN GP - 20's.
BTW, though The Milwaukee Road built the beautiful depot in Downtown Butte, it was a stub-end set-up, requiring a back-up move to or from the mainline. As noted above, Milwaukee built a new, smaller depot on the mainline Southwest of town in the mid - 1950's.
GN Helena to Butte - 1959
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Pdxrailtransit |
11-09-2013 - 17:07 |
Re: GN Helena to Butte - 1959
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Great Northern got my goat |
11-09-2013 - 20:02 |
Re: GN Helena to Butte - 1959
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Kenn |
11-09-2013 - 20:16 |
Re: GN Helena to Butte - 1959
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Mitch |
11-09-2013 - 21:25 |
Re: GN Helena to Butte - 1959
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Don't forget Uncle Pete |
11-09-2013 - 23:36 |
Re: GN Helena to Butte - 1959 > UP
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Graham Buxton |
11-10-2013 - 03:42 |
Re: GN Helena to Butte - 1959
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Rich Hunn |
11-10-2013 - 07:48 |
NP Butte, Billings & Gallatin Gateway Inn
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Kyle |
11-10-2013 - 09:42 |
Re: NP Butte, Billings & Gallatin Gateway Inn
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Great Northern got my goat |
11-10-2013 - 11:51 |
Re: NP Butte, Billings & Gallatin Gateway Inn
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danoh |
11-10-2013 - 12:36 |
Gallatin Gateway Inn
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Argonaut |
11-10-2013 - 12:43 |
Re: West Yellowstone, MT
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Richard Elgenson |
11-10-2013 - 14:07 |
Re: West Yellowstone, MT
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Kyle |
11-10-2013 - 15:06 |
Misc
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SP5103 |
11-10-2013 - 16:47 |
Re: UP facilities at West Yellowstone, MT
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Argonaut |
11-10-2013 - 17:17 |
Re: Butte, Montana |
George Andrews |
11-10-2013 - 19:34 |
Re: Butte, America
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Jeff Stabnow |
11-12-2013 - 11:31 |
Re: UP facilities at West Yellowstone, MT
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George Jenista |
11-12-2013 - 10:52 |
Re: UP facilities at West Yellowstone, MT
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Uncle Pete |
11-12-2013 - 11:40 |