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List of Montana railroads
Summary
The following
railroads
operate in the
U.S. state
of
Montana
.
Common freight carriers
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BNSF Railway
(BNSF)
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
(BAP)
Central Montana Rail, Inc.
(CM)
Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad
(DMVW)
Mission Mountain Railroad
(MMT)
Montana Rail Link
(MRL)
Union Pacific Railroad
(UP)
Yellowstone Valley Railroad
(YSVR)
Private freight carriers
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Global Rail Group
Lincoln County Port Authority (LCPA)
Montana Limestone Company
(MLC)
Port of Montana (POM)
Transco
Passenger carriers
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Montana passenger rail
Legend
Empire Builder
to
Portland
/
Seattle
Discontinued 1979
Libby
North Coast Hiawatha
to
Seattle
Whitefish
Paradise
West Glacier
Missoula
Essex
Deer Lodge
East Glacier Park
Summer only
Butte
Browning
Winter only
Bozeman
Cut Bank
Livingston
Shelby
Billings
Havre
Forsyth
Malta
Miles City
Glasgow
Glendive
Wolf Point
North Coast Hiawatha
to
Chicago
Empire Builder
to
Chicago
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Amtrak
(AMTK)
Defunct railroads
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This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items.
(
August 2008
)
Name
Mark
System
[nb 1]
From
To
Successor
Notes
Big Blackfoot Railway
MILW
1910
1916
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Big Horn Railroad
CB&Q
1905
1916
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Big Horn Southern Railroad
CB&Q
1888
1897
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Billings and Central Montana Railway
NP
1912
1921
Northern Pacific Railway
Billings and Northern Railroad
GN
1902
1907
Great Northern Railway
Bozeman Street Railway
MILW
1892
1909
Gallatin Valley Electric Railway
Burlington Northern Inc.
BN
1970
1981
Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad
BN
1981
1996
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
BA&P, BAP
1892
1985
Rarus Railway
Butte, Wisdom and Pacific Railway
1913
1914
Southern Montana Railway
Camp Creek Railway
NP
1911
1914
Northern Pacific Railway
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CB&Q
CB&Q
1894
1970
Burlington Northern Inc.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway
CB&Q
1901
1907
N/A
Leased the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
MILW
1909
1912
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
MILW
1912
1928
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Montana
MILW
1905
1908
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Washington
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Washington
MILW
1908
1909
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
MILW
MILW
1928
1982
Burlington Northern Railroad
Clearwater Short Line Railway
NP
1898
1914
Northern Pacific Railway
Coeur d'Alene Railway and Navigation Company
NP
1886
1897
Northern Pacific Railway
Drummond and Philipsburg Railroad
NP
1887
1888
Northern Pacific and Montana Railroad
Elliston and Southern Railroad
1896
N/A
Gallatin Valley Railway
MILW
1910
1918
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Gallatin Valley Electric Railway
MILW
1908
1910
Gallatin Valley Railway
Gaylord and Ruby Valley Railway
NP
1897
1899
Northern Pacific Railway
Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad
NP
1907
1939
N/A
Great Falls and Canada Railway
GN
1889
1901
Montana and Great Northern Railway
Great Falls Terminal Railway
MILW
1912
1914
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Great Falls and Teton County Railway
GN
1912
1914
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern Railway
GN
GN
1890
1970
Burlington Northern Inc.
Helena, Boulder Valley and Butte Railroad
NP
1886
1888
Northern Pacific and Montana Railroad
Helena and Jefferson County Railroad
NP
1883
1898
Northern Pacific Railway
Helena and Northern Railroad
NP
1886
1888
Northern Pacific and Montana Railroad
Helena and Red Mountain Railroad
NP
1886
1899
Northern Pacific Railway
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
SOO
CP
1944
1961
Soo Line Railroad
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
SOO
CP
1913
1944
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
Missoula and Bitter Root Valley Railroad
NP
1887
1888
Northern Pacific and Montana Railroad
Missoula and Hamilton Railway
NP
1911
1916
Northern Pacific Railway
Missouri River Railway
NP
1906
1914
Northern Pacific Railway
Montana Railroad
MILW
1894
1910
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
Montana Railway
NP
1881
1898
Northern Pacific Railway
Montana Central Railway
GN
1886
1907
Great Northern Railway
Montana Eastern Railway
GN
1912
1928
Great Northern Railway
Montana and Great Northern Railway
GN
1901
1907
Great Northern Railway
,
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway
Montana Southern Railway
1917
1940
N/A
Montana Southern Railway
NP
1893
1897
Gaylord and Ruby Valley Railway
Montana Union Railway
NP
1886
1898
Northern Pacific Railway
Montana Western Railway
MWRR
1986
2003
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Montana Western Railway
1909
1970
Burlington Northern Inc.
Montana, Wyoming and Southern Railroad
MW&S, MWS
1909
1955
N/A
Northern Pacific Railroad
NP
1864
1896
Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
NP
NP
1896
1970
Burlington Northern Inc.
Northern Pacific and Montana Railroad
NP
1888
1898
Northern Pacific Railway
Oregon Short Line Railroad
UP
1897
1987
Union Pacific Railroad
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
UP
1889
1897
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Rarus Railway
RARW
1985
2007
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
Rocky Fork and Cooke City Railway
NP
1886
1898
Northern Pacific Railway
Rocky Mountain Railroad of Montana
NP
1881
1898
Northern Pacific Railway
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway
GN
1879
1907
Great Northern Railway
Shields River Valley Railway
NP
1908
1914
Northern Pacific Railway
Soo Line Railroad
SOO
CP
1961
Still exists in Montana as a lessor of the
Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad
Southern Montana Railway
1914
1917
Montana Southern Railway
Utah and Northern Railway
UP
1878
1889
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
White Sulphur Springs and Yellowstone Park Railway
WSYP
MILW
1910
1980
N/A
Yellowstone Park Railroad
1905
1909
Montana, Wyoming and Southern Railroad
Electric
Amador Railway
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
(Electric Light and Railway Department)
Bozeman Street Railway
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
(BA&P, BAP)
Butte Consolidated Railway
Butte Electric Railway
Gallatin Light, Power and Railway Company
Gallatin Valley Railway
Gallatin Valley Electric Railway
Great Falls Street Railway
Helena Light and Railway Company
Helena Light and Traction Company
Not completed
Montana Railway
North and South Railway
Notes
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^
This is one or more of the
Class I railroads
that the railroad became part of, if any.
References
edit
Association of American Railroads (2003),
"Railroad Service in Montana"
(PDF)
.
. Retrieved May 11, 2005.
Hilton, George W. (1990).
American Narrow Gauge Railroads
. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
ISBN
0-8047-2369-9
.