List of Montana railroads explained

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

Common freight carriers

Private freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Defunct railroads

NameMarkSystem[1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Big Blackfoot RailwayMILW19101916Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Big Horn RailroadCB&Q19051916Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Big Horn Southern RailroadCB&Q18881897Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Billings and Central Montana RailwayNP19121921Northern Pacific Railway
Billings and Northern RailroadGN19021907Great Northern Railway
Bozeman Street RailwayMILW18921909Gallatin Valley Electric Railway
Burlington Northern Inc.BN19701981Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern RailroadBN19811996Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific RailwayBA&P, BAP18921985Rarus Railway
Butte, Wisdom and Pacific Railway19131914Southern Montana Railway
Camp Creek RailwayNP19111914Northern Pacific Railway
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RailroadCB&QCB&Q18941970Burlington Northern Inc.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RailwayCB&Q19011907N/ALeased the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound RailwayMILW19091912Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul RailwayMILW19121928Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of MontanaMILW19051908Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Washington
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of WashingtonMILW19081909Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific RailroadMILWMILW19281982Burlington Northern Railroad
Clearwater Short Line RailwayNP18981914Northern Pacific Railway
Coeur d'Alene Railway and Navigation CompanyNP18861897Northern Pacific Railway
Drummond and Philipsburg RailroadNP18871888Northern Pacific and Montana Railroad
Elliston and Southern Railroad1896N/A
Gallatin Valley RailwayMILW19101918Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Gallatin Valley Electric RailwayMILW19081910Gallatin Valley Railway
Gaylord and Ruby Valley RailwayNP18971899Northern Pacific Railway
Gilmore and Pittsburgh RailroadNP19071939N/A
Great Falls and Canada RailwayGN18891901Montana and Great Northern Railway
Great Falls Terminal RailwayMILW19121914Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Great Falls and Teton County RailwayGN19121914Great Northern Railway
Great Northern RailwayGNGN18901970Burlington Northern Inc.
Helena, Boulder Valley and Butte RailroadNP18861888Northern Pacific and Montana Railroad
Helena and Jefferson County RailroadNP18831898Northern Pacific Railway
Helena and Northern RailroadNP18861888Northern Pacific and Montana Railroad
Helena and Red Mountain RailroadNP18861899Northern Pacific Railway
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie RailroadSOOCP19441961Soo Line Railroad
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie RailwaySOOCP19131944Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
Missoula and Bitter Root Valley RailroadNP18871888Northern Pacific and Montana Railroad
Missoula and Hamilton RailwayNP19111916Northern Pacific Railway
Missouri River RailwayNP19061914Northern Pacific Railway
Montana RailroadMILW18941910Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
Montana RailwayNP18811898Northern Pacific Railway
Montana Central RailwayGN18861907Great Northern Railway
Montana Eastern RailwayGN19121928Great Northern Railway
Montana and Great Northern RailwayGN19011907Great Northern Railway, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway
Montana Southern Railway19171940N/A
Montana Southern RailwayNP18931897Gaylord and Ruby Valley Railway
Montana Union RailwayNP18861898Northern Pacific Railway
Montana Western RailwayMWRR19862003Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Montana Western Railway19091970Burlington Northern Inc.
Montana, Wyoming and Southern RailroadMW&S, MWS19091955N/A
Northern Pacific RailroadNP18641896Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific RailwayNPNP18961970Burlington Northern Inc.
Northern Pacific and Montana RailroadNP18881898Northern Pacific Railway
Oregon Short Line RailroadUP18971987Union Pacific Railroad
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern RailwayUP18891897Oregon Short Line Railroad
Rarus RailwayRARW19852007Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
Rocky Fork and Cooke City RailwayNP18861898Northern Pacific Railway
Rocky Mountain Railroad of MontanaNP18811898Northern Pacific Railway
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba RailwayGN18791907Great Northern Railway
Shields River Valley RailwayNP19081914Northern Pacific Railway
Soo Line RailroadSOOCP1961Still exists in Montana as a lessor of the Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad
Southern Montana Railway19141917Montana Southern Railway
Utah and Northern RailwayUP18781889Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
White Sulphur Springs and Yellowstone Park RailwayWSYPMILW19101980N/A
Yellowstone Park Railroad19051909Montana, Wyoming and Southern Railroad
Electric
Not completed

References

Notes and References

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