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Big Sky local

By Mitch Horner | November 25, 2025

Northern Pacific Railway in Montana

Pacific 2119 leads Northern Pacific train 288 east in Silver Bow Canyon, a dozen miles west of Butte, Mont., in the late 1940s. Linn H. Westcott photo

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Güntürk Üstün says:

November 25, 2025 at 11:04 am

Sadly, none of the NP’s Alco-built veteran 4-6-2 steam locos have survived…

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