The Northern Montana Line: Snapshot Sunday

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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Snapshot Sunday - #32

The first train into Lewistown, Montana on the old “Jawbone” Railroad in 1903. The Montana Railroad (Jawbone) was acquired by the Milwaukee Road in 1908 to help complete it’s transcontinental line.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Snapshot Sunday - #31

Great Northern RDC 2350 at the Great Falls, Montana depot

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Snapshot Sunday - #29

Night shot of the Milwaukee Road Depot in Great Falls, Montana

Monday, October 20, 2014

Monday, September 29, 2014

Snapshot Sunday - #27

Lewistown Oil Refinery at the Brewery Flats area 1940

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Snapshot Sunday - #26

Looking west bound on the Milwaukee Road mainline at Martinsdale, Montana in the mid 70’s.

Monday, August 11, 2014

Snapshot Sunday - #25

A scan of a Polaroid from my second layout in 1974. The Montana Central & Southern.
This was my first 4’x8’ HO layout. That would be 40 years ago. Wow, how time disappears!

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Snapshot Sunday - # 24

Milwaukee Road passenger train at the Great Falls Depot during May 1939

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Snapshot Sunday - #23

Scan of a Polaroid from my second layout in 1974. The Montana Central & Southern.

Sunday, July 6, 2014

The Lewistown“Bulldog”
Engine No. 5900 and its twin, No. 5901, are unique among all the diesels operated by the Milwaukee Road. These two engines were the only completely railroad-built diesels to serve on the Milwaukee. Both engines were designed as combination engine-baggage cars. Approximately 85 feet long, the front 35 feet were used for the operators' cab, power equipment, and steam boilers; the rear portion of the engine was for baggage. No. 5900 and No. 5901 were rated at 1,000 horsepower and each was capable of pulling up to five passenger cars at a maximum speed of 75 mph. Both engines were retired in January 1961.

Photo from MILWAUKEE ROAD IN MONTANA Facebook page: Bill Abel

By mid-June 1948, 5901 was out of the shops, and for a while it pulled the Milwaukee – Berlin trains, 30 and 35. 5901 was soon transferred to trains 117 and 118 between Harlowtown and Great Falls, Montana remaining on that job until the trains were discontinued in August 1954. When the northern Montana passenger service ceased, 5901 returned to the Midwest for duty on trains 157 and 158 between La Crosse, WI. and Austin, MN.

Monday, June 16, 2014

Snapshot Sunday - #21

A view of the Belt Creek Trestle

This photo and some upcoming photo are from the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library posted on Flickr. This collection contains thousands of photos from over 70 railroads from across the United States. It is an amazing collection! Visit the Barriger Collection @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/sets/

Monday, May 26, 2014

Snapshot Sunday - #20 (Actually more than a snapshot)

Could it be? A rusted old hulk of a streamlined Hiawatha steam engine left in some farmers field only to be recently discovered?

Unfortunately the answer is NO.

While searching the internet for images related to the Milwaukee Road, I came across this photo. I had the same thoughts as above. Why hasn’t someone started a preservation project for this? How could such an important engine in Milwaukee Road history be left in a field to rot? After some further investigation, I discovered the following information:

It was built in the Milwaukee Shops as a parade truck in 1941 for the American Legion Convention in Milwaukee, using the styling of the class A Atlantics.

It is still sad that it will probably never be resurrected, but a fascinating find just the same. To learn more about this piece of history you can click on the links below.

http://www.coffeedrome.com/hiawatha2.html

http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MILW/conversations/topics/28357