Independent Record, Helena, MT 5/18:
Unwelcome sight: Parked grain cars rile Helena-area residents
Parked railroad grain cars that began arriving earlier this month on unused track that snakes its way north of Helena are drawing concern from one of the families that lives in the area.
A spokesman for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad said storing the cars there is temporary until later this summer when the demand for grain cars increases with the harvest of crops.
Annie and Kevin Huddy, who have lived in their rural home about four years after moving from Fairbanks, Alaska, said the empty rail cars began appearing on tracks near their home in late April.
From their back deck, the line of aging cars is now part of their landscape that rises with timbered slopes and is carpeted with grasses and sage.
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