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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/16/21 01:02 by F40PHR231.

That's a good looking roundhouse.

The original station would be out of sight on the right side of the picture #1. I was there a year ago and there was a sign on the station that the museum was being moved to the roundhouse. We were unable to get inside the fence but it appeared there were some older RR items outside.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/03/15 01:05 by misty1.

Here is some history of the railroads serving Anaconda, as well as Butte and vicinity.

http://www.utahrails.net/articles/montana-union.php

And a map showing the railroads between Butte and Garrison on Montana Rail Link.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z9Sv4Kfh_z7E.keQfISDLSDpg

I have always found the Montana Union story very interesting.

Don Strack

Any old locos or other equipment in the roundhouse?

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One boxcab is in poor repair at the Museum of Mining in Butte with one wooden boxcar. There is a slag locomotive on the east side of anaconda. The substantial collection of fox truck wooden boxcars and arch bar truck ore hoppers were sadly scrapped en masse. The belt driven machinery in the machine shop was similarly tossed.



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I REALLY like Pic 1!!