An ore train of the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway crosses over a Milwaukee Road freight near Butte, Mont., about 1916. The successful electrification of the BA&P greatly influenced the Milwaukee in its decision to electrify throughout the mountains of Montana, Idaho and Washington.

from "A Proud Era Passes"

Prepared by The Public Relations Department of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company as a special supplement to the July-August 1973 issue of The Milwaukee Road Magazine

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