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Thompson Falls

By Angela Cotey | September 20, 2019

| Last updated on January 7, 2021

In the Rocky Mountains, an agent hoops up orders to an eastbound freight at Thompson Falls, Mont., powered by W-5 class 2-8-2 No. 1849.
John W. Maxwell photo

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