The Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway is a shortline railroad in the U.S. state of Montana. Founded in 1891, it was the main conduit for ore transport between Butte and Anaconda.
Electric locomotive BAP #45
Headframes of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, looking over the town of Butte, MT
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific boxcab #47 on display in Butte.
#103, a GP7, retains its Rarus Railway scheme as of 2019.
Marcus Daly
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Marcus Daly was an Irish-born American businessman known as one of the Copper Kings of Butte, Montana, United States. In 1943, SS Marcus Daly was launched in honor of his achievements.
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
…Union Railway and the Anaconda Copper Company arose over the cost to transport copper ore from the Butte mines to the Anaconda, Montana, smelters. Marcus Daly, the interest behind the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, financed the incorporation of the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific in 1891, and operation began…
Margaret Daly's house, Riverside, near Hamilton