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‘All Aboard’ Here Is A More In-Depth Look At Williston-To-Opheim Branch Line

‘All Aboard’ Here Is A More In-Depth Look At Williston-To-Opheim Branch Line
DOWNTOWN NAVAJO, MONTANA is shown looking straight north on Friday, April 26, 2024. Just on the other side of the sixth grain silo to the right (east side) is mile marker 81, which was the rail mileage from the junction at Bainville. Below is mile marker 116, which is located about two miles northeast of the Peerless townsite, or 35 rail miles from downtown Navajo. On the other side of mile marker 116 is the railbed, minus the ballast, ties and rails. Most of the rail mileage markers are now gone but a few remain. — Leader Photos, mike
‘All Aboard’ Here Is A More In-Depth Look At Williston-To-Opheim Branch Line
DOWNTOWN NAVAJO, MONTANA is shown looking straight north on Friday, April 26, 2024. Just on the other side of the sixth grain silo to the right (east side) is mile marker 81, which was the rail mileage from the junction at Bainville. Below is mile marker 116, which is located about two miles northeast of the Peerless townsite, or 35 rail miles from downtown Navajo. On the other side of mile marker 116 is the railbed, minus the ballast, ties and rails. Most of the rail mileage markers are now gone but a few remain. — Leader Photos, mike
 

In the March 28, 2024 issue of the Daniels County Leader there was an article about a train ride from Opheim to Plentywood and then back to Opheim later in the day. Two people actually commented on how they liked the story and since they did the thought was to give them another railroadthemed article, which again involves the branchline from Bainville to Opheim.

At one point in the past, while searching for something in the 1948 Daniels County Leader hard-bound book, which includes all of the weekly issues from that year available for research purposes, discovered was a two column (4 inches) by 9.5-inch advertisement purchased by the Great Northern Railway. It was titled Passenger Train Changes (New Schedule Effective February 8, 1948). Passenger train number 371 would leave Williston, North Dakota at 7 a.m. every Monday through Saturday (all times listed are departure times and are Mountain Standard Time; also when seeing * it indicates a flag stop for revenue passengers). The first stop was Trenton, N.D. (*7:25 a.m.) followed by Fort Buford, N.D. (*7:40 a.m.), Snowden, Montana (*7:50 a.m.)...

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