Hard Labor More than 100 years ago, local farmers and ranchers hired on to dig by hand the Cartwright Tunnel for the Great Northern Railroad. It was part of its Montana Eastern Railway, an unfinished rail line that ran west of here in Montana. Using dynamite to...
If the Cartwright tunnel is closing, what can I do to help keep it open? Yes, it could close, if the money can be found to hire a contractor to close it.The same money could also repair the tunnel to keep it open. That’s the word that community members are putting...
Getting to the tunnel When you visit, you will say, “Wow.” Everybody does. We did. It’s more than a person expects, but the opportunity won’t last –time is taking its toll. (Nov 2021 Update: Money has been secured and repairs to the tunnel are underway.) It’s...