A scraper being pushed by two caterpillars, creating the grade that came into the south portal of the Flathead Tunnel during its construction (Bruce Morse photo)
May 20, 2022
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Working between 1967 and 1968, Bruce Morse was a member of one of the three 20-man crews working around the clock on the tunnel’s south portal. Joining his father Herb, a diesel mechanic who had secured him the job, on the engine the pair made their first trip into the tunnel to work together.