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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by arbfbe [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 [quote]Originally posted by futuremodal . They managed to grab the Montana Central from J.J.Hill which took them from Harlowton (mile 1335) to Lombard (mile 1430). This site has a lot of interesting maps from the 1800's http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html [/quote] OOPS, but no. The Montana Central ran from Pacific Jct just west of Havre to Great Falls, Helena, Boulder and Butte in Montana. Jim Hill kept control of that line and the GN operated it until after the BN merger. What the MILW did get control of was the Montana Railroad which ran from Lewistown to Harlotown to Lombard. and a connection with the NP. The CM&PS abandoned most of the line through 16 mile canyon and rebuilt at a higher level. [/quote] For what it's worth, and just for the record, I did not post the Montana Central post. I think arbfbe mistakenly included my signature post with nanaimo's post when he cut and quoted. No big deal, but I get enough flack as it is from the ilks for presumed detail discretions. Back to the topic at hand, I had always wondered if Milwaukee's grabbing the "Jawbone" was necessarily the best route choice for a line that was intended to be a shorter faster route to the PNW, especially since they had to practically rebuild the entire line from scratch. Even with the nice grades through Sixteenmile Canyon, in my view the Milwaukee would have been better served skirting the Belt Mountains to the North via Great Falls, thence over Rogers Pass, a much lower CD crossing than Pipestone Pass, Deer Lodge Pass, Elk Park Pass, or Mullan Pass.
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