| Located 41.2 miles west of Deer Lodge, Montana, Bearmouth siding is the setting for
“A Milwaukee Memory”. Little Joe Electric E76 (specifications) is shown leading three SD40-2 (specifications) diesel locomotives and train 261, the XL special, westbound through Bearmouth towards Missoula, Montana, which is eighteen miles ahead. Bearmouth is located on the fifth subdivision of the Rocky Mountain Division, and has a ruling grade of 0.4%. The locomotives will soon pass the east switch of Bearmouth siding, which had the capacity to hold a 132-car train. The track located to the left is the former Northern Pacific main line, which is now part of the Burlington Northern main line. It has since been sold to Montana Rail Link. The last electrically hauled train to travel this section of main line occurred on June 15, 1974, when Little Joe Electrics E73 and E20 led three diesels and train 264 into Deer lodge, Montana. |
