Havre station explained

Style:Amtrak
Havre, MT
Address:235 Main Street
Borough:Havre, Montana
Country:United States
Coordinates:48.5546°N -109.6784°W
Owned:BNSF Railway
Line:BNSF Milk River / Hi Line subdivisions
Platform:1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks:14
Parking:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Opened:[1] [2]
Rebuilt:1907, 1953
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes

Havre station is a train station, re-fueling, and service stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder in Havre, Montana. The station, platform, and parking are owned by BNSF Railway, and the station was previously owned and operated by the Great Northern Railway.[3] [4]

On static display, next to the station, is Great Northern Railway steam locomotive

  1. 2584
, a 4-8-4 "Northern" type S-2 Class, which served the station while it was in passenger service. It has been on display there since May 15, 1964. Nearby is a sculpture representing "U.S.  - Canada Friendship" and a statue of James J. Hill, the man for whom the Empire Builder is named and the developer of the Great Northern Railway.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Allen, W.F. . Travelers Official Guide of the Railway and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States and Canada . 1893 . National Railway Publication Company . New York, New York . 500 . November 22, 2021.
  2. News: June 18, 1893 . The Railroads . 19 . . November 22, 2021 . Newspapers.com.
  3. Web site: Amtrak - Great American Stations . February 1, 2007 . Amtrak.
  4. Web site: Grau . Kara . Bruns-Dubois . Melissa . Nickerson . Norma P. . December 2006 . The Economic Review of the Travel Industry in Montana . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131230171913/http://itrr.umt.edu/ecorev/Economicreview2006.pdf . December 30, 2013 . February 1, 2007 . .