Upstart Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority nearly official with second county on board

MISSOULA — An effort to reestablish passenger rail across the southern reach of Montana gained a welcome partner this week when Dawson County voted to join Missoula County in establishing the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority.

While other counties along the old North Coast Hiawatha Route in southern Montana are expected to join the upstart rail authority, Dawson and Missoula counties are enough to officially form the authority under state law.

By: Martin Kidston – Missoula Current

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