Montana is known for trout fishing and Glacier National Park, but perhaps less known and just as important to the state's identity is its railroad and mining history.

Dr Caroline M McGill Personal Papers Collection Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad Booklet on Montana Dude Ranches This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer ... Contains 40 ...

The North Coast Hiawatha hasn’t run through Montana since 1979. Now cities like Billings, Bozeman, Helena and Missoula are hoping that “Amtrak Joe” will help fund new rail service.

The Milwaukee Road, the colloquial name for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Co., connected Spokane to Seattle in 1909. It was part of the race among rail giants to reach the ...

The old Milwaukee Road trestle that straddles 140 feet above Roosevelt Drive is new again following a $224,000 rehab project. Bridge connects big part of area trail system Skip to main content ...

A plastic-and-paper replica of Great Falls' magnificent old Milwaukee Road railroad depot graces the glossy cover of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine in its March issue. It's a spectacular ...

In 1909, The Milwaukee Road became the third transcontinental railroad to connect through Spokane to Seattle. Expansion of its electric routes in the West cost the railroad company dearly and led ...

Dwight Rittenhouse, left, a 40-year employee of the Milwaukee Road, talks with Jim Satake on Friday after a ceremony in Deer Lodge to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Last Spike Ceremony ...

Sioux City and its railroad history will be the stars of the next two issues of The Milwaukee Railroader magazine, the quarterly publication of the Milwaukee Road Historical Association.

Trains haven't run on the Milwaukee Road tracks for decades, but plenty of other riders have plans for its roadbed. Groups hope to convert old Milwaukee Road rail tracks for recreational use Skip ...

Montana is known for trout fishing and Glacier National Park, ... Montana rich with entwining railroad, mining, forestry and military history. October 21, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.