CM & St. P RR Trains – photos taken by Milwaukee Road News Bureau including men standing by electric locomotive #1000 and freight cars with building behind the train; electric locomotive #E77 in snow near Missoula; crowd in Butte looking at the first electric box cab #10200 that has banner reading “Largest Electric Locomotive in the World Built by General Electric Company, Erie, Penna.” (1915); people standing on an open observation car at the end of the Olympian train approaching a tunnel with electric poles running along the track (circa 1930s); locomotive #10250 with banner reading “This Giant Engine En Route to A Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago 1933”; two Little Joe electric locomotives (#E73) and three diesel engines with freight cars at the Three Forks depot (1962); #261 XL Special freight train with four diesel locomotives and one electric locomotive (#E73) traveling westbound in the valley east of Alberton; and a freight train with three locomotives on a bridge over the highway near Tarkio., circa 1915-1962
Scope and Contents
Photographs of locomotives, train cars, tracks, bridges, tunnels, and scenery along the rail line arranged by date, if known. Some photographs were received from the Milwaukee Road News Bureau. A series of Montana canyon photographs through the Bitterroot Mountains was received from the Wisconsin Historical Society in 1969.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1915-1962
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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