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  1. Rarus Railroad # 103

    Rarus Railroad # 103

    RARW #103 EMD GP-7 Built in 1952 for the Butte Anaconda & Pacific now own and working a Co-Op grain elevator in Harlem Montana.
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  2. High-nosed GP9 #105

    High-nosed GP9 #105

    RARW high-nosed GP9 #105 sitting at Anaconda. Sorry about the fence issue.
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  3. Looking through the window

    Looking through the window

    a pic. looking out of the window of the Copper King Express. You can see BNSF's line cross under RARW's in the distance. RARW's tracks also cross Silver Bow Creek, which became known as $hit creek due to the water becoming so polluted by the smelting in Anaconda, which also caused the creek to...
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  4. RARW #302

    RARW #302

    Raurs #302 in Butte, getting ready to take the Copper King express back to Anaconda.
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  5. Rarus Geeps in Butte

    Rarus Geeps in Butte

    Rarus GP9 #302 & GP7 #301 head to the other end of the Copper King Express to get ready to head back to Anaconda.
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  6. The Copper King Express

    The Copper King Express

    Rarus Railway's Copper King Express stopped in Butte for the turn around to head back to Anaconda. The 2 cars are named "Butte The Mining City" & "Anaconda The Smelting City"
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  7. RARW GP7 #301 @ Butte

    RARW GP7 #301 @ Butte

    RARW #301 trails GP9 #302 at Butte as they get ready to pull the Copper King Express back towards Anaconda.
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  8. Rarus Geeps at Butte

    Rarus Geeps at Butte

    RARW GP9 #302 (in the lead) & GP7 #301 make their way to the other end of the Copper King Express in order to get ready to head back to Anaconda.
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  9. Rarus GP9 #106

    Rarus GP9 #106

    RARW GP9 #106 sits at Rarus Railway's Anaconda Yard in Anaconda, Mt.
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  10. Rarus GP7 #301

    Rarus GP7 #301

    GP9 #302 (in front, not visible in this pic.) & GP7 #301 get ready to head back to Anaconda with the Copper King Express. Notice how #301 has the top-mounted "torpedo tubes".
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  11. BA&P axle

    BA&P axle

    An old BA&P (Butte, Anaconda, & Pacific) axle sits outside the museum/gift shop in Anaconda.
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  12. Rarus GP9 #302

    Rarus GP9 #302

    Rarus Railway GP9 #302 & GP7 #301 (not visible in this picture) get ready to couple up to the other end of the Copper King Express for the trip back to Anaconda. #302 is equipped with Dynamic braking & a Nathan/Airchime K5LA airhorn (not sure, but I don't think the K5 was its original horn)
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    • #302 302 anaconda braking butte copper dynamic emd express geep gp9 k5la king montana mt nathan/airchime railway rarus rarw
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  13. MWRR Caboose

    MWRR Caboose

    A former Montana Western Caboose painted in OLS (Operation Life Saver) paint sits in Rarus Railway's yard in Anaconda, Mt
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  14. Inside the Copper King Express

    Inside the Copper King Express

    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.
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  15. My 1st ALCO!!!!

    My 1st ALCO!!!!

    An Alco S-4 sitting in Rarus Railway's yard in Anaconda, Mt. It's one of the least likely places I'd expect to find an ALCO.
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  16. Montana Western GP9 in Anaconda

    Montana Western GP9 in Anaconda

    ex.MWRR GP9 #203 sitsin RARW's yard in Anaconda, Mt
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  17. Montana Western #203

    Montana Western #203

    An ex. Montana Western GP9 sits in Rarus Railway's yard in Anaconda, Mt.
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