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Workers stand in front of the jumbo, which carried the drills used to make the holes for explosives during the construction of the Flathead Tunnel. (Bruce Morse photo)

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Stories from Trego tunnel deviate from historical record
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Stories from Trego tunnel deviate from historical record

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.