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  1. 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...
  2. 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"
  3. 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.
  4. Slag Piles at Anaconda

    Slag Piles at Anaconda

    These are the piles of slag (a by-product of copper smelting) at Anaconda, Mt. Lokk closly & you can see the tracks going up the piles. What they would do is build tracks up the slag piles; when copper was smelted, it left behind a byproduct called slag. They would load the slag into...




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