Four ex-NP F units lift Amtrak Train 10 eastbound out of Butte, Montana (background) as the “Mainstreeter” climbs up to Homestake Pass on July 31, 1973.
At this late date just a year before Amtrak, UP’s overnight “Butte Special” from Salt Lake City carried a coach and a unique “American series” sleeping car which had a small kitchen and ... (more)
Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha tiptoes over Homestake Pass just east of Butte, MT. This train and a BN local were the only traffic normally operated over NP's original Continental Divide crossing b... (more)