Western Railroad Discussion > An Iconic Montana photo location could be yours!

We used to say this wea "Montana's Most-Photographed Barn." With the popularity of the "Yellowstone" TV show (shot many miles south of here on Chief Joseph Ranch near Darby) this may well take the second-place spot. 

If you're about to pull out your checkbook...here's a warning: it gets windy here.

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My son says all the past attendees of Altamont Railfan Weekends past should go in on that property and restart the Altamont weekends in the barn. 

Dave in Polson

monaddave Wrote:
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> My son says all the past attendees of Altamont
> Railfan Weekends past should go in on that
> property and restart the Altamont weekends in the
> barn. 
>
> Dave in Polson

162 acres could be subdivided into a nice development.

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> monaddave Wrote:
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> > My son says all the past attendees of Altamont
> > Railfan Weekends past should go in on that
> > property and restart the Altamont weekends in
> the
> > barn. 
> >
> > Dave in Polson
>
> 162 acres could be subdivided into a nice
> development.

Don't ruin that part of Montana.

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> monaddave Wrote:
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> > My son says all the past attendees of Altamont
> > Railfan Weekends past should go in on that
> > property and restart the Altamont weekends in
> the
> > barn. 
> >
> > Dave in Polson
>
> 162 acres could be subdivided into a nice
> development.

This particular area gets some of the nastiest wind velocities in the west. Great Northern's original bridge here--a wooden structure--was staffed by bridge watchmen during wind events, when there was said to be sway of up to four feet at the center of the bridge. 

FYI--$89k will buy you ten acres just to the east of the river with a commanding view of the bridge. Treeless. I wonder why?
 

A River Runs Through It.

Too Many Pictures Trestle?

Alco251 Wrote:
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> This particular area gets some of the nastiest
> wind velocities in the west.

I had a train blow off the railroad just west of the bridge, at Bison. It wasn't the first.

TAW



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/23 11:36 by TAW.

Love the third picture on the realty site of the 4449 on the bridge. We lived across a ridge from Mullan Pass from 68 to 72 before moving back to the Ohio valley. I always thought about returning to Montana but what’s happening out there now makes me happy I didn’t. It also makes me very sad.

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What is happening?

masterphots Wrote:
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> What is happening?


Many escaping from other states, because they think it’s like the TV show Yellowstone, driven up prices, change the personality of some of the areas of the state.

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