List of Montana railroads

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Montana.

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Common freight carriers

Private freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Montana passenger rail
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Discontinued 1979
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Libby
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Whitefish
Paradise
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West Glacier
Missoula
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Deer Lodge
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East Glacier Park
Summer only
Butte
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Browning
Winter only
Bozeman
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Cut Bank
Livingston
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Shelby
Billings
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Havre
Forsyth
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Malta
Miles City
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Glasgow
Glendive
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Wolf Point
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Defunct railroads

Name Mark System [nb 1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Big Blackfoot Railway MILW 19101916 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Big Horn Railroad CB&Q 19051916 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Big Horn Southern Railroad CB&Q 18881897 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Billings and Central Montana Railway NP 19121921 Northern Pacific Railway
Billings and Northern Railroad GN 19021907 Great Northern Railway
Bozeman Street Railway MILW 18921909 Gallatin Valley Electric Railway
Burlington Northern Inc. BN19701981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad BN19811996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway BA&P, BAP18921985 Rarus Railway
Butte, Wisdom and Pacific Railway 19131914 Southern Montana Railway
Camp Creek Railway NP 19111914 Northern Pacific Railway
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad CB&QCB&Q18941970 Burlington Northern Inc.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway CB&Q 19011907N/ALeased the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway MILW 19091912 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway MILW 19121928 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Montana MILW 19051908 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Washington
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Washington MILW 19081909 Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad MILWMILW19281982 Burlington Northern Railroad
Clearwater Short Line Railway NP 18981914 Northern Pacific Railway
Coeur d'Alene Railway and Navigation Company NP 18861897 Northern Pacific Railway
Drummond and Philipsburg Railroad NP 18871888 Northern Pacific and Montana Railroad
Elliston and Southern Railroad1896N/A
Gallatin Valley Railway MILW 19101918 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Gallatin Valley Electric Railway MILW 19081910 Gallatin Valley Railway
Gaylord and Ruby Valley Railway NP 18971899 Northern Pacific Railway
Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad NP 19071939N/A
Great Falls and Canada Railway GN 18891901 Montana and Great Northern Railway
Great Falls Terminal Railway MILW 19121914 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Great Falls and Teton County Railway GN 19121914 Great Northern Railway
Great Northern Railway GNGN18901970 Burlington Northern Inc.
Helena, Boulder Valley and Butte Railroad NP 18861888 Northern Pacific and Montana Railroad
Helena and Jefferson County Railroad NP 18831898 Northern Pacific Railway
Helena and Northern Railroad NP 18861888 Northern Pacific and Montana Railroad
Helena and Red Mountain Railroad NP 18861899 Northern Pacific Railway
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad SOO CP 19441961 Soo Line Railroad
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway SOO CP 19131944 Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
Missoula and Bitter Root Valley Railroad NP 18871888 Northern Pacific and Montana Railroad
Missoula and Hamilton Railway NP 19111916 Northern Pacific Railway
Missouri River Railway NP 19061914 Northern Pacific Railway
Montana Railroad MILW 18941910 Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
Montana Railway NP 18811898 Northern Pacific Railway
Montana Central Railway GN 18861907 Great Northern Railway
Montana Eastern Railway GN 19121928 Great Northern Railway
Montana and Great Northern Railway GN 19011907 Great Northern Railway, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway
Montana Southern Railway 19171940N/A
Montana Southern Railway NP 18931897 Gaylord and Ruby Valley Railway
Montana Union Railway NP 18861898 Northern Pacific Railway
Montana Western Railway MWRR19862003 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Montana Western Railway 19091970 Burlington Northern Inc.
Montana, Wyoming and Southern Railroad MW&S, MWS19091955N/A
Northern Pacific Railroad NP 18641896 Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific Railway NPNP18961970 Burlington Northern Inc.
Northern Pacific and Montana Railroad NP 18881898 Northern Pacific Railway
Oregon Short Line Railroad UP 18971987 Union Pacific Railroad
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway UP 18891897 Oregon Short Line Railroad
Rarus Railway RARW19852007 Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
Rocky Fork and Cooke City Railway NP 18861898 Northern Pacific Railway
Rocky Mountain Railroad of Montana NP 18811898 Northern Pacific Railway
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway GN 18791907 Great Northern Railway
Shields River Valley Railway NP 19081914 Northern Pacific Railway
Soo Line Railroad SOO CP 1961Still exists in Montana as a lessor of the Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad
Southern Montana Railway 19141917 Montana Southern Railway
Utah and Northern Railway UP 18781889 Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
White Sulphur Springs and Yellowstone Park Railway WSYP MILW 19101980N/A
Yellowstone Park Railroad 19051909 Montana, Wyoming and Southern Railroad
Electric
Not completed

Notes

  1. This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

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