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Westward view of Glacier Park
on lower level below
Columbia Falls on upper level.
Eastward Second Class
Livestock Train XLE
"Extra Livestock East"
with GN 2044 class R-2
2-8-8-2 steam locomotive,
20 loaded stock cars
and 50 foot drovers caboose
arrives from Summit
and takes water on main.
Train XLE GN 2044 class R-2 GN-Hillyard "articulated"
2-8-8-2 freight
oil burning steam locomotive
has Belpaire fire box,
front mounted dual air pumps
and enclosed cab.
Train XLE GN 2044
was most powerful locomotive
in world when it was built
by GN at Hillyard in 1929.
Eastward Second Class
Freight Train 486
"Kalispell Division main"
with class FT EMD FT ABBA freight diesel locomotives
and 30 foot plywood caboose
arrives from Summit on siding
to pass Train XLE.
Glacier National Park
tourist season cars
for first class trains on track
between Trains 486 and XLE.
Boxes for Columbia Falls
and Glacier Park car loads
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Glacier Park Diagram. |
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Westward view of Glacier Park.
Train 486 on siding
passes Train XLE
steam locomotive
taking water on main.
Near box for Glacier Park
train instruction cards,
box for sorting car waybills
and track boxes for car waybills.
Far box for Columbia Falls.
Intercom at right
of Columbia Falls box
for Belton, Columbia Falls,
Glacier Park and helix
station operators.
Duck under for helix
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