Everyone love the Willamette Locomotive #7!
We are in Phase #2 of the restoration of our #7 and we want to get it beautiful for its birthday next year!
How can you help?

 

  • Give to the Save Our Train fund :  Thank you so much to everyone who donated to our Match this July!  Donations are still welcome and will help restore this wonderful piece of history!
  • Volunteer!  We will be hosting volunteer workdays on Saturdays starting at 10am throughout the summer.  Check out our Facebook page for more information or email anacondalumber.7@gmail.com
Why is Missoula’s Engine #7 Unique?
  • Oldest known surviving Willamette Locomotive in the Nation.
  • Spent its life in our mountains and valleys, never traveling more than 80 miles from Missoula.
  • Hollywood Movie Star when it played a leading role in the 1954 Timber Jack!
  • Only Willamette originally built to burn coal as a fuel.
  • The ONLY locomotive left from Western Lumber Co.
  • One of two surviving locomotives from Anaconda Lumber Co. and the only one in Montana.
  • This Engine represents a once bustling industry that shaped Missoula and Western Montana.
  • Check out a more in-depth look at Engine #7’s history here.

 

Please, make a gift to return this Montana Icon to its former glory.
See Engine #7’s air brakes in action for the first time since 1954!

 

Want to know all about Engine #7?
Here are the Nuts and Bolts of this great train!

 

 

 

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