GNRR Trains & Tracks – “Hot Shot” freight train with four GP-20 diesel-electric locomotive units (lead by locomotive #2010) traveling through forests with snow-covered Mt. Nyack in the background (1966) (taken by GNRR Photo); freight train traveling along a river through Marias Pass with Mount St. Nicholas in the background (1966); heavy duty flat cars with aluminum bulkheads (built by the Anaconda Aluminum Company) at Columbia Falls (1966); five diesel-electric locomotives (including locomotives #3008 and #3005) pulling a freight train by grain elevators at Conrad (signs reading “Cargill” and “Equity Coop Association”) (1966); locomotive #700 pulling a freight train on new Burlington Northern line in Jennings area near Libby (1970). Tracks – man walking along tracks in deep snow at Highgate where three trains were snowbound for a week (January 1911); MCRR track coming through a cut, possibly south of Cascade; train tracks along the river in Glacier National Park., 1911-1970
Scope and Contents
Photographs of trains and tracks for GNRR, Montana Central Railroad (MCRR), Montana Western Railroad (MWRR), and St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (St. P&P) including locomotives, passenger cars, freight cars, caboose, livestock cars, sightseeing cars, dome cars, and flat cars hauling aluminum. Some images are from the GNRR Photo Division taken in 1966 to promote the Empire Builder passenger train traveling through Glacier National Park.
Dates
- Creation: 1911-1970
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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