GNRR Facilities – MCRR train traveling away from a water tank and outbuilding at Portal, near Boulder (1890); Glasgow roundhouse and crew including Percy Roundy, George McKenzie (storekeeper), Pierce Anderson, W.F. Prentice, Charles Mason, Barney Krieger, Frank M. Fryburg, Robert Heroold (foreman), William Smith (car repair), Jerry Cahill, and Joseph Kriest (circa 1894); MCRR yard at Clancy including buildings, water tank, and ten-pocket coal dock and conveyor belt (circa 1896) (taken by Robert M. Long); MCRR facilities at Ulm including station building, platform, water tank, and equipment, with a large farmhouse, outbuildings and windmill behind the station (circa 1896) (taken by Robert M. Long); Summit Station’s log building near tracks at St. Marias Pass (1897); freight cars beside grain elevators (one with “General Mills, Inc.” sign) at Dutton with the station beyond the elevators (1966) (taken by GNRR Photo); W.R. Grace Company’s Zonolite Division facilities near Libby including storage silos, conveyor (across river), and rail area where vermiculite is loaded into 100-ton center-flow covered hopper cars for transport to market (1966) (taken by GNRR Photo)., circa 1890-1966
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of Montana Central Railroad (MCRR). Some images were taken by GNRR Photo Division promoting the line. Facilities include water tanks, outbuildings, station buildings, roundhouse, grain elevators, and the vermiculite plant in Libby.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1890-1966
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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