CN2899 wrote:thanks for the additional info i not sure of the subdivsions in that area
The subdivisions around the Hi-Line are:
- Kootenai Sub: Whitefish, MT - Spokane, WA
- Milk River Subdivision: Havre - Glasgow, MT
- Sweet Grass Sub: Shelby - Sweet Grass, MT (directly at the Canadian border, interchange with CP)
- Great Falls Subdivision: Shelby - Great Falls, MT (unsignaled mainline)
- along the Great Falls Sub are three short branchlines: Valier, Choteau, and Fairfield Subs
- south of Havre and north of Great Falls, we find the Big Sandy (Pac Jct - Big Sandy) and Fort Benton Subs (Great Falls - Fort Benton), which back in the GN days used to be a single through mainline connecting Havre to Great Falls
- south of Great Falls is the Laurel Subdivision, Great Falls - Laurel, MT, which connects to the MRL and other lines BNSF further south (and that's also where the coal trains are coming from)
- at Great Falls is also the start of the Helena Sub (Great Falls - Helena, MT), again with connection to the MRL, but if my research is correct then this line is now out of service and only used for car storage