QUOTE: Originally posted by zgardner18 Does BNSF even go into Butte?
QUOTE: Doesn't MRL?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 The Milwaukee Road east from Butte used Pipestone Pass and the rails are gone. The NP used Homestake and the rails are still in place and the line is railbanked.
QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas I have followed the Milw right of way across Eastern Washington-Idaho-Montana and everywhere they went it seemed they had the least desireable route. It was kind of a joke between me and my dad that everytime we see a old right of way half way up a mountain that "It must be the Milwakee Road".
QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas The MRL is basicly the old NP main through Montana. After the BN merger the MRL was formed to run the ex NP line. It was basicly a union busting move. MRL only runs a few of there own trains, the rest is all BN (now BNSF) overhead traffic.
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