Railroads of Montana
and the Pacific Northwest
Photography by Dale Jones

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SECTION 1
Railroads of Montana Calendar Home

2012 Railroads of Montana Calendar

2011 Railroads of Montana Calendar

Link to
Montana Railroad
History Web Site

SECTION 2

Great Northern - Kettle Falls
Spokane to Chewelah Book

Spokane International Book

  Welcome to the Railroads of Montana website

Railroads of Montana as been active since the year 2000 highlighting the railroad photography of Dale Jones. This website includes information in conjunction with my other website entitled
Montana Railroad History which has more in-depth facts on Montana place names, historic maps
and other interesting Montana rail history. Please check out that site if you have not done so already.

In addition to the items I have for sale - check out the many free downloads I have available.
Most recently I have added my Railroads of Montana calendars as a free download.

As noted on the sidebar in Section 3 calendars for 2011and the new one for 2012 are available.
The calendars are formatted in Adobe® Reader .pdf files FREE for anyone who would like to download them. For those who may have enjoyed the calendars in the past, you will find all the same features as before. There are hundreds of important dates in Montana railway history which I change each year along with interesting transportation logos and insignias as well as beautiful color photographs of trains from all around the Big Sky State. You may print this calendar out on your own printer as it is formatted in 81/2" x 11" "landscape" style. Here are the links for the
2012 Railroads of Montana calendar

2011 Railroads of Montana calendar

You may now download the entire year of 2012 Railroads of Montana calendar

As you have probably noticed in viewing most websites, they are like model railroads - they are never finished and should one ever get "completed", then it's torn apart and is rebuilt. So... please come back often as this website is constantly changing. If you have any suggestions or something in the website is not working for you - PLEASE let me know and I'll see what I can do.         

PUBLICATIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE NOW

NEW: I have set up a link to the PayPal site - you may now pay securely
with your own credit card or use your PayPal account

GREAT NORTHERN RY - KETTLE FALLS, WA. BOOK    

The long anticipated new Kettle Falls book, which is a complete revision of my 28-page booklet is now available, it contains 235 full-color and B&W photographs, nearly 50 maps and track profiles with dozens of images and other historical information. It also contains a comprehensive reference and index of over 400 entries.
 
The book is 8½ x 11 "landscape" format with 192 pages and covers the Great Northern Railway Kettle Falls Branch from Spokane to Chewelah, Washington. It is available as a book DVD in Adobe® Reader .pdf file or in a spiral bound "hard copy."

Click this link for more information: Great Northern Railway - Kettle Falls, Washington Branch Book  

 Spokane International Railway of Larry Shawver in Words & Photographs

The book is 8½ x 11 "portrait" format with 92 pages and can be purchased now. It is available as a book DVD in Adobe® Reader .pdf file or in a spiral bound "hard copy."

The book is not a history of the Spokane International Railway in the sense that a history book would be written. It instead highlights with words and nearly forty color & B&W photographs the actual writings of famed Spokane International Railway chronicler Larry Shawver. 

Click this link for more information: "The Spokane International Railway of Larry Shawver in Words
and Photographs" Book

CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS & HISTORIANS!
I am in a continuing process of revising and updating my old 28-page booklets.
They are all going to be greatly expanded with much more information and photographs.
This is where you photographers can help out.
I'm looking for any photograph's or information of the railroads and/or locations:

Marias Pass, Montana from Whitefish to Browning including Great Northern, Burlington Northern and Burlington Northern Santa Fe. My new Marias Pass edition will be 8½ x 11 "landscape" format with an undetermined number of pages. If you have any recent or older photographs that are historic or unique - please let me know.

Kettle Falls, Washington Branch - even though the Kettle Falls book is complete from Spokane to Chewelah. Future offerings will include the rest of the line from Chewelah to Kettle Falls with the Nelson and the Republic branches railroads included: I am always looking for photos and information of the Great Northern, Burlington Northern, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Kettle Falls International and the International Reload plus any of the older D.C. Corbin railways.

Soo Line in Montana including the Whitetail depot including the Soo Line, Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western. My plans for this booklet is to scan it and make it available on this website as a .pdf file.

Hi-Line of Montana including all the towns between Williston, ND and Browning with side trips to Plentywood/Scobey, the Turner/ Saco branches. I am especially looking for any photographs or information on the Turner/ Saco branches.  

Future publications will include; Railroads of Central Montana & Lewistown, the Kootenai River Canyon, Great Northern's Scotia Canyon near Spokane, Hillyard and the Fort Wright Environs, Milwaukee Road 261 in Montana, History of the Great Northern's Crow's Nest Southern Railway and much more.

Please email me information on any black & white or color photographs you may have. Since these are freelance publications I do not have much money for photos, but I will give photo credit and you get you a free publication. Let me know what you have!


Please feel free to email me at  webmaster@railroads-of-montana.com concerning any questions or
if you have any problems accessing any parts of this website or you find any dead or changed links to other sites, please let me know if you find any inaccuracies or have new information you would like to share

PLEASE: Set your Spam or Junk Mail filter to accept my email address or my response will probably just get deleted by your email program.     

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This web site was last updated January 2012
All material and photos that does not list specific sources are copyrighted by Dale Jones

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