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The Hi-Line is a railroad in Montana running between Havre and Whitefish. It serves as a portion of the BNSF Railway Northern Transcon . [ 1 ] Originally the mainline of the Great Northern Railway , [ 2 ] the Hi-Line name has its origins in the railroad line being the northernmost transcontinental railway line in the United States.
The Havre Daily Promoter was founded in 1914, [2] and it became the Havre Daily News-Promoter in 1925. [3] R.G. "Liney" Linebarger became publisher in 1920. He sold the newspaper in 1928 and went on to found the Harve Independent in 1931.
The derailment occurred on the Hi-Line, a portion of the BNSF's Northern Transcon. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] BNSF conducted its most recent inspection of the section through Joplin on September 23, 2021. The last major Amtrak accident in Montana occurred in 1988, when an Empire Builder train hit a track buckle and derailed in Saco .
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The line descends down the west side of the pass for 20 miles (32 km) to Essex, Montana, running mostly double track on a narrow shelf, and crossing several high trestles over the Flathead River. Essex is home to the Izaak Walton Inn, which was constructed when the line was built to shelter railroad employees during the winter months. It also ...
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