By Justin Franz, Flathead Beacon; April 3, 2020
One of the largest railroads in America has resumed operations on the 13-mile rail line between Columbia Falls and Kalispell.
In March, BNSF Railway terminated the lease of its Kalispell branch to Watco Companies’ Mission Mountain Railroad, which had provided rail service on the line since 2004. Mission Mountain will continue to run trains on another rail line between Eureka and Stryker.