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Date: 01/16/19 13:07
Hamilton, Montana, 1967.
Author: tolland

The Northern Pacific depot in Hamilton in the 1960's was in this building, which still exists. Here's me outside that depot, I am 9 years old, August of 1967. The original Hamilton depot was a traditional Northern Pacific two story wooden depot. I am told that it was moved to another location in the 1960's and burned to the ground. Anyway, here's the picture.

Best,
Jim Burrill
Hamilton, Montana

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Date: 01/16/19 13:46
Re: Hamilton, Montana, 1967.
Author: TCnR

Was wondering why Hamilton, but a picture is a lot of words. Interesting location with a lot of interesting places not too far away.
t4p.

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Date: 01/16/19 14:34
Re: Hamilton, Montana, 1967.
Author: czephyr17

Yes, I remember that depot from living in the Bitterroot Valley in the 1960s, but have not seen many pictures of it.  I wonder where the original depot was moved to before it burned?

 

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Date: 01/16/19 16:18
Re: Hamilton, Montana, 1967.
Author: Bob3985

Darn Jim,
Whatever happened to the blond haired young man? Haha.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

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Date: 01/16/19 17:10
Re: Hamilton, Montana, 1967.
Author: steph62850

Side view mirror on the station for the agent to check the action?  And is that a trainorder signal attached to the building?

Stephanie Ann

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Date: 01/16/19 18:06
Re: Hamilton, Montana, 1967.
Author: tolland

The mirror attached to the station was so that the agent could see up the track. It's relatively straight for about a mile. The original station was located about 500 feet south, across what is now Marcus Street in Hamilton. Here's a picture I took of the building in August of 2012. It looks about the same today. It's been at least 5 years since a train came up this far on the Bitterroot Branch.

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Date: 01/16/19 19:28
Re: Hamilton, Montana, 1967.
Author: czephyr17

tolland Wrote:
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> The original station
> was located about 500 feet south, across what is
> now Marcus Street in Hamilton. 

That would be "Marcus" as in "Marcus Daly", one of the copper kings of Butte, Montana whose mansion is located a couple miles northeast of this former depot (just follow Marcus street out of town).  The mansion is open to the public for tours.

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