Livingston, MT: BNSF/MRL/NP backshop with transfer table and roundhouse

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Tim Starr posted
The Northern Pacific had main shops on the east end of the line (Brainerd and St. Paul), the west end (Tacoma), and in the middle at Livingston, MT. This postcard of the Livingston Shops is from about 1910.

Sam Carlson posted
Northern Pacific Shops in Livingston, MT in August, 1970.

Brent Susie Wilcox Bueller commented on the above posting
Here is the Livingston transfer table today. Same table with new cab. It now operates with a power cable reel instead of the power trolley line visible to the right in the old photo.

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IRM Strahorn Library posted

"Panorama of Livingston Montana showing the Northern Pacific Railroad repair shops. Livingston has a population of 9,000 and is on the beautiful Yellowstone River, the original gateway to Yellowstone National Park."

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A roundhouse...

1951 Livingston Quad @ 1:24,000

...whose turntable still exists. Recently, BNSF terminated the lease by Mountain Rail Link of the Northern Pacific route. I wonder if this town will continue to be a significant railyard and service facility for BNSF.

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