Photo: The History of Central Montana Railroads Marker, panel 3

Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: August 17, 2019
Caption: The History of Central Montana Railroads Marker, panel 3
Additional Description: Captions: (top left) The above pencil drawing, by local artist and railroad historian Jerry Hanley, shows the Milwaukee Road's daily passenger train near Lewistown in 1952. Locomotive 833 was replaced by a diesel locomotive and scrapped in late 1952. Jerry's father E.D. (Red) Hanley, was a locomotive engineer and fireman on the Northern Montana branch from 1942 until 1977. Red often worked on engine 833 and many other classes of steam and diesel locomotives. Nearly fifty years prior to this date depicted above, the Montana Road had run its first train into Lewistown on this same track which was the train locally known as "The Jawbone."; (top right) The above graphics are a small representation of the many logos utilized by the various railroad companies.; (bottom, photograph and map) The photo above, viewing west shows the former "Jawbone" passenger and freight depot located at the end of 1st Avenue South and Brassey Street. At the time of this 1912 photo, the Milwaukee had purchased the Montana Railroad. Then in 1913, the Milwaukee built a new brick depot near Main Street to replace this structure. The building shown above served many other purposes until torn down in 2005. The Lewistown Trail System is now located in the exact spot of the train above. In addition, the inset map shows most of the major train routes through the region. (inset map) Circa 1914 through 1970 (blue line) Milwaukee, (red line) Great Northern, GN then BN then BNSF; (yellow line) Shared Track/Trackage Rights. Not all lines are shown.
Submitted: December 13, 2019, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p505110
File Size: 3.399 Megabytes

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