Montana Rails - Mountains to Prairies

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This 96-page full-color 6” x 9” soft cover book contains
over 200 color photographs, capturing images of trains
from all corners of the State of Montana.
 

For nearly 150-years railroads have been transforming the Montana
landscape from the Continental Divide peaks to wind swept prairies.
Steel rails arrived May 9, 1880 when the narrow-gauge Utah & Northern
reached Monida Pass south of Butte. At the zenith of rail line
construction during the 1890s and early 20th Century,
all major transcontinental railroads crisscrossed Montana;
the Union Pacific, Northern Pacific, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy,
Great Northern, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul [Milwaukee Road]
and the Soo Line.

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Through the years, many original railroads evolved into
the Burlington Northern Railroad,Burlington Northern Santa Fe [BNSF]
and Montana Rail Link with unique shortlines along the way.
Though routes and operations have changed, the scenery
of the Big Sky State remain the same.

Take a journey across Montana rails, from the mountains to the prairies.