Paralleling BNSFs Copper City mainline, the Butte Anaconda & Pacific sees similar seldom volume, but has an upgrade for power with two very unique GP9s still operational. Heres one of the two, alo... (more)

Rarus Unit. Patriot Rail Corporation's Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway (BAP) 103 (formerly Rarus Railway Company/Butte Anaconda & Pacific 103, GP7, 6/1953) was sitting at Columbia Grain i... (more)

The Butte Anaconda and Pacific's local to Butte arrives in town to switch Montana Resources.

At Rocker, the BAP is midway through their run to Butte as they approach Montana Resources.

Heading alongside the BNSF Copper City Sub, the BAP works towards Butte.

The BAP heads east out of Silver Bow bound for Butte.

Butte Anaconda & Pacific 47 is a heavy duty boxcab freight locomotive built in 1914. The small trailing car is a traction booster to help with the stiff grades in the Butte Mining District. In th... (more)

On the west side of Ogden finds a Utah Central with BAP 1402 switching near the old Military base.

Sporting one of the nicer color schemes ever designed, a quartet of BAP Geeps and a short train pause for a lunch break for the crew at Fairmont Hot Springs, MT. The track was walking distance fro... (more)

Electric wires over the BAP were de-energized in 1967, here is the future.

Electrification of the BAP ended in 1967.

Butte, Anaconda & Pacific at Butte, MT || August 2014

Butte, Anaconda & Pacific working near Rocker, MT || August 2014

BAP 107 and three mates spent the day running back and forth through Silver Bow Canyon for sound effects for the making of Run Away Train starring Jon Voight. Some footage of the film was also sho... (more)