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This is a picture inside the car "Anaconda The Smelting City" on the Copper King Express, a passenger train run by Rarus Railway that runs from Anaconda to Butte & back on former BA&P (Butte, Anaconda, & Pacific) trackage.
A picture of a trestle on the west side of Homestake Pass, which crosses the continental divide just east of Butte, Mt. The tracks on Homestake Pass are owned by BNSF & are currently inactive, although Montana Rail Link is looking into reopening the pass to relieve congestion on Mullan...
This is a truck on an old box car that was custom built by the Butte, Anaconda, & Pacific Railway. The trucks were scratch built also, in an attempt to find a replacement for the arch-bar trucks.