gn441 luxury locomotive lodge
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Luxury Locomotive Lodge:
Great Northern 441
Izaak Walton InnEssex, Montana
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Then: a roaring V-20 diesel engine. Now: a luxury lodge
with plasma TV, fireplace and sofa sleeper
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Cooling fans in the roof are now skylights to welcome the Rocky Mountain sunshine
Masterbedroom
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Picture windows open at the flick of a switch
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Luxurious bathroom with shower and
Jacuzzi
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Fully equipped kitchen
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The cab has been restored to better-than-new
condition
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Decked out with 400-year-old antique oak hardwood
floors, warm wood paneling and custom cabinetry, Great Northern 441 offers a rustic
and inviting interior.
It’s a comfortable refuge for a small family or two
couples in the midst of a Glacier Park adventure.
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Built in 1968, this 3,600 horsepower General Motors F45
hauled transcontinental fast freights
After 33 years of service – and 7 years of catching rain – it was saved from the scrapper’s torch
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In 2008-9 it was painstakingly restored by skilled craftsmen at
RELCO Locomotives, Albia, Iowa
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It was the first locomotive in 40 years to be painted in
Great Northern’s stunning “Big Sky Blue”
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In August 2009, BNSF Railway hauled GN 441 1,746 miles from Iowa to Montana
Sweetgrass Hills west of Etheridge, Montana
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Massive sideboom bulldozers were needed to lift 441 onto its track
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http://www.izaakwaltoninn.com/406-888-5700
The Izaak Walton Inn is a historic hotel at Essex, Montana, on the south border of Glacier National Park. It was built for the Great Northern Railway in 1939 to host tourists and fishermen in the summer and railroad workers in the winter. It is the only Glacier Park resort that is open year-round.
Photos © Tom Lambrecht & Bill Christopher