CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A project is underway to compile an online history of rail access to Yellowstone National Park.
The Wyoming State Historical Society is funding the project, titled "Making Tracks Through the Yellowstone Country: The History of Railroads and Yellowstone National Park."
The goal is to showcase the history of five railroad lines that served the park from 1882 until the 1960s: the Northern Pacific; Union Pacific; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Chicago and North Western; and Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific.
A particular emphasis will be photographs taken by F.J. and J.E. Haynes, Yellowstone photographers.
Many original railroad publications are very scarce, quite valuable and very fragile, the society said. However, through digital scanning, many of those materials will be available via the Internet.
