My dad was an agent for the Great Northern Railway in Montana.
The Railroads were downsized in the 1960's in a sell out to the
Teamsters to move freight by trucks instead of rail. The railroad
unions didn't have the power the Teamsters had. Mike Mansfield
was a great Senator for Montana and the US, but that was one deal that did not
do us good. The passenger service ended here and freight went onto
the highways. Tracks have been abandoned, railways merged.
It happened here 40 years ago.