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Photos: Motorcars on the Mission Mountain Railroad

On June 8, more than 30 motorcar fans rode their historic rail cars on the Mission Mountain Railroad between Stryker and Eureka.

Greg Lindstrom
Members of the Pacific Railcar Operators prepare their motorcars for a trip on the Mission Mountain Railroad at Fortine on June 8. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon.
Tom Esch, a Kalispell attorney, helps John Chase of Great Falls clean the windows on his historic Great Northern Railway motorcar in Fortine on June 8. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon.
John Chase sits in his restored motorcar in Fortine on June 8. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon.
Tom Esch of Kalispell and John Chase of Great Falls use a mechnical turn table to turn Chase's historic Great Northern Railway motorcar on June 8. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Doug Stivers of San Jose, Calif. prepares his Western Pacific Railroad speeder for a run on the Mission Mountain Railroad on June 8. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Doug Stivers of San Jose, Calif. lifts up and turns his historic motorcar on the Mission Mountain Railroad at Fortine on June 8. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Doug Stivers and his brother Richard turn a Southern Pacific motorcar on the road crossing in Fortine on June 8. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon.
Motorcars wait for the tracks to clear at Fortine so they can head south to Stryker on the Mission Mountain Railroad on June 8. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
More than 30 motorcars stop in the woods near Trego on the way to Stryker on June 8. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Richard Stivers pilots his former Southern Pacific motorcar through a rock cut near Stryker. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
One of more than two dozen motorcars rolls into Stryker on the morning of June 8. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Train fans get back on their motorcars for the ride back to Fortine and Eureka on June 8. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
The last of 31 motorcars heads north towards Eureka on June 8. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon

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