GNRR Events – crew on tracks and on platform for the driving of the last spike at Scenic, Washington in the Cascade Mountains (photograph and engraving from Harper’s Weekly) (January 6, 1893); Libby line change from GNRR to Burlington Northern, first train over the new line and last over the old line (November 7, 1970) includes John Johnson, Libby Chamber of Commerce, handing ticket to E.W. Jones, conductor for the 1,120 passengers traveling on the first-and-last train; passengers waiting to board train with BNRR locomotive #6623; people on tracks as the special train approaches the Jennings switch where the 59-mile line around Libby reservoir begins; standing on the tracks in front of a “First Train” banner, Colonel Howard L. Sargents, Jr. presents John M. Budd with the silver switch key symbolizing the transfer of the new line to BNRR as John L. Beyer watches; men, some with cameras, on the tracks watching as the special train approaches the “First Train” banner at Jennings; Flathead Indian drummers and dancers perform near the new Flathead tunnel as the special train comes through; members of the Flathead Indian tribe and John M. Budd stand between a teepee and a BNRR passenger car near the Flathead tunnel; John M. Budd and Bud Barnaby (Flathead Indian, holding microphone) standing together., 1893-1907, Subseries V, box-folder: 3/5. Railroads in Montana photograph collection, Lot 033. Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives. https://mhs.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/168053 Accessed July 28, 2025.