This is a continuation of a post I made way back on 4-22-21 of a trip  to the ex-NP in Montana east of Billings in August 2019.  Three parts from Billings as far as Hathaway have already been posted so here is a continuation of that story.

After spending a few hours between Rosebud and Hathaway, MT I drove on eastward to Miles City.  There was not much in the way of trains but my goal here was photos of the ex-NP depot at Miles City.

Here is some info on Miles City, MT from the NP Place Names Eng dept:

Miles City, Custer County, Montana, pop. 7,175

The city derives its name from Brigadier General Nelson A. Mile, who rose during the Civil War from first lieutenant to major general of volunteers. His campaigns against hostile Indians in 1876 and 1877 resulted in the opening up of the Yellowstone Valley to settlement. George M. Miles, a nephew of General Miles, was stationed at Fort Keogh. In 1876, he purchased 1,400 sheep, started raising sheep, and became a leader in the development of this vicinity. The original town of Miles City was on the south bank of the Yellowstone River about 2.5 miles east of the present city. It came into existence early in 1877, and was designated as the county seat of Custer County on June 14, 1877. When the cantonment established by the Army in 1876 on the west bank of the Tongue River was moved west and named Fort Keogh, the citizens decided that the four miles between the town and the fort was too great a distance for protection against the Indians. Therefore, in the summer of 1878, they began to move as close to the reservation as they were allowed, this being at the location of the present city. By early winter the entire population of two hundred had moved. The present town site was platted in July, 1881, by the Northern Pacific. USGS Bulletin 611.

And this link takes to to Wikipedia’s take on Miles City, MT

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_City,_Montana

And for specifics on where Miles City is located on the Northern Pacific between Forsyth and Glendive, MT here is a page showing the THIRD Subdivision from an NP Yellowstone Division Timetable dated 1965..

Now back to August 4, 2019.  Pulling up to the Miles City depot I found a large tree at the west end of the station was now gone opening up new photo angles .

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This is the west end of the station, no longer in service, empty, and falling into disrepair.

Wikipedia has a short piece of information on Miles City station.  I was not aware that it was built in 1924.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_City_station

This is the northwest end of Miles City station.

Center portion of the north side.

Note the Monads on the upper level.  Here is a closer look.

And then the east end of the building, again the north side.

This is the east end of the station and to the left the newer building used by BNSF.

An even closer look at a faded Monad on the station.

Roofing issues at the east end of the station.

The south side showing more roofing issues.

One last look at the center section of Miles City station before I moved on.

Leaving town on SR 59 I paused at the Main street underpass at railroad MP 78.0 east of the station.

A closer look at the Main St underpass, a 44′ girder bridge that is 53′ total in length, built in 1932..  The 1968 NP bridge book states it crosses SR 12 but current maps show Main St is now called SR 59.

From here I continued east for Glendive, MT but I’d be making another stop before I would get there.