Jan. 16—Sitting beneath the Salish Mountains, the Flathead Railroad Tunnel just southwest of Trego stands as an engineering marvel. Each day, more than 40 freight trains and at least one passenger ...

Jan. 16—At 11:10 a.m. on the morning of June 21, 1968 one final blast connected to the two holes being drilled beneath the Salish Mountains. Using a special circuit originating at his desk in the ...

A 19-year-old Bruce Morse operating the mucking machine to clear debris from the construction of the Flathead Tunnel. (photo provided) Rubble is removed from the south portal during construction of ...

Whitefish's Greg Osler not only drove locomotives through the 7-mile long Flathead Tunnel near Trego, he helped build it 1969. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake) Crews work on the south portal of the ...