Electrified Railroad

Electrified Railroad (HM2D1M)

Location: Deer Lodge, MT 59722 Powell County
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Country: United States of America
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N 46° 23.444', W 112° 44.177'

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The Milwaukee Road

The Anaconda Company's Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway converted from steam to electric locomotives in 1914. Aware of Anaconda's success, Milwaukee electrified its Rocky Mountain division between Harlowton through Deer Lodge to Avery, Idaho in 1917.
3,000 volts of direct current electricity powered the locomotive from a copper catenary line hung over the track.
Milwaukee locomotives used their electric motors as generators to slow the train going downhill. The regenerated power was returned to the catenary system.
Milwaukee's management pushed to replace the electrics with diesels in the late 1960's. They discovered that diesels did not perform as well and cost more to operate. Electric operation along the Rocky Mountain division ended in 1974 and the Milwaukee Road went out of business forever in 1985.
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Date Added Tuesday, December 25th, 2018 at 1:02pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)12T E 366506 N 5138926
Decimal Degrees46.39073333, -112.73628333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 46° 23.444', W 112° 44.177'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds46° 23' 26.64" N, 112° 44' 10.62" W
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Area Code(s)406
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1200 Conley Ave, Deer Lodge MT 59722, US
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