In the winter of 1980 The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) abandoned almost two thousand miles of track west of Miles City Montana. The abandonment of the “Pacific Extension” was the largest single railroad abandonment in American history.

The following photo essay documents what may be the final trip on the abandoned Milwaukee Road’s Pacific Extension from Miles City, Montana to Cedar Falls, Washington.

Feel free to use these photographs on any forum or railroad-related site. We just kindly ask for you to link back to this website if you decide to use them. Finally, we invite you to post comments, memories, or family photos that would help in the documentation of people and places along the route of this historic railroad in the comments section below.

This gallery was updated on July 31, 2018