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Monthly Archive for: "December, 2016"
Central Montana Rail

Central Montana Rail

December 1, 2016

By Hope Good Central Montana Rail, Inc. is a short line railroad operating track in Judith Basin, Fergus, and Chouteau Counties. In 1985, a locally governed nonprofit corporation began operating [...]

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Railroad Trestles

Railroad Trestles

December 1, 2016

By Hope Good In addition to the many Montana bridges in use today, remnants of bridges from the past can still be seen across the landscape. Others exist only in old photographs and memories. [...]

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Loco-Motion

Loco-Motion

December 1, 2016

Many brilliant minds paved the way for the invention of the locomotive. In the First Century, a Greek mathematician and engineer known as Heron (or Hero) of Alexandria published a description [...]

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Structures Built for and by the Railroads

Structures Built for and by the Railroads

December 1, 2016

Among some of the most enduring architecture of the last century are structures that were built for and by the railroads. Everything from roundhouses and turntables to trestles and cooling towers [...]

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Homesteads and Railroads

Homesteads and Railroads

December 1, 2016

by Marie Hoyer President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act in 1862. Because of much confusion, controversy, and border disputes over land, steps had to be taken to reorganize the conflicts [...]

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Shelby Railroads

Shelby Railroads

December 1, 2016

by JB Chandler In 1890, progress came to North Central Montana on railroads, and from every direction. The Great Northern Railway was planned and plotted and heading west from Havre to eventually [...]

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Railroading in Lewistown and Central Montana

Railroading in Lewistown and Central Montana

December 1, 2016

By Jerry Hanley I’ve had a keen interest in railroads as far back as memory takes me. I came by it honestly as my father was a locomotive fireman and engineer for the Milwaukee Road from 1942 [...]

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The First Northern Transcontinental Railroad

The First Northern Transcontinental Railroad

December 1, 2016

By Hope Good The building of the railway across the plains proved one of the most thrilling adventures enacted in America. It provided some of the most dramatic episodes in our rich history. More [...]

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