Jawbone Railroad (Montana Railroad Company) – men, train, and pile driver working in Baken (?) field (March 1900); ; group of people standing on and near locomotive #394, the first engine into Lewistown (October 1903) (taken by Walter Lehman); men with three locomotives coupled together to break the three-month snow blockade to Lewistown (1904) (taken by Walter Lehman); train on tracks along Missouri River near Lombard (circa 1907); tracks going through Sixteen Mile Canyon (circa 1907); man and three women standing on tracks by stream going through Sixteen Mile Canyon (circa 1907); foot bridge in a box canyon stream during construction of line; crew and horse-drawn cart working in boulder cut in Sixteen Mile Canyon; log buildings in snow at mile 26 engineer’s camp; men and equipment, including locomotive #43, building a bridge over Warm Spring Creek; tracks, buildings, cliffs, and river at Lombard., circa 1900-1907
Scope and Contents
The photographs of smaller railroad lines that operated in Montana are in folders arranged alphabetically by railroad name. Included are images of construction, crews, facilities, trains, bridges, and events. The Miscellaneous Montana Lines folder includes photographs of the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railroad, Montana Union Railroad, and White Sulphur Springs & Yellowstone Park Railroad (Ringling Railroad).
Dates
- Creation: circa 1900-1907
Language of Materials
No textual or other language materials are included in the collection. Captions are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 4 Boxes
From the Collection: 401 Photographic Prints
From the Collection: 47 Film Negatives - Nitrate
From the Collection: 20 Film Negatives - Nitrate
From the Collection: 27 Film Negatives - Safety
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
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