Trains & Railroads

No. 3279 - Montana Rail Link - Paradise, Mont.

The morning Montana Rail Link gas local approaches Paradise as they continue west to Thompson Falls. The gas local is a tank train the hauls Conoco Fuels between Missoula and Pipeline. Pipeline is just east of Thompson Falls. This train fills a missing link in the Yellowstone Pipeline that crosses through the Flathead Indian Reservation after the lease wasn't renewed. The Yellowstone Pipeline runs between Moses Lake, Washington and Billings, Montana. In 1995, the Salish and Kootenai tribes did not renew the 20 year lease to cross tribal lands due to over 70 spills since the pipeline was built in 1954, including three major spills on reservation land. So this gap has been bridged by rail and white tank cars over the 10th Sub.

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