The following
railroad
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
s operate in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
.
Common freight carriers
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BNSF Railway (BNSF)
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Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway (BAP)
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Central Montana Rail, Inc. (CM)
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Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad (DMVW)
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Mission Mountain Railroad
The Mission Mountain Railroad is a shortline railroad in northwestern Montana, operating two segments of the former Great Northern Railway (later Burlington Northern and BNSF) since December 2004. MMT is a subsidiary of Watco, operator of severa ...
(MMT)
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Montana Rail Link (MRL)
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Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...
(UP)
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Yellowstone Valley Railroad (YSVR)
Private freight carriers
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Global Rail Group
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Lincoln County Port Authority (LCPA)
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Montana Limestone Company (MLC)
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Port of Montana (POM)
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Transco
Passenger carriers
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Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada ...
(AMTK)
Defunct railroads
;Electric
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Amador Railway
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
The Anaconda Copper Mining Company, known as the Amalgamated Copper Company between 1899 to 1915, was an American mining company headquartered in Butte, Montana. It was one of the largest trusts of the early 20th century and one of the largest mi ...
(
Electric Light and Railway Department)
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Bozeman Street Railway
Bozeman Depot is a former train station in Bozeman, Montana, opened in 1883 by the Northern Pacific Railway. The current brick station house was built in 1892 and expanded in 1924.
Passenger rail service to Bozeman ended in 1979 when budget c ...
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Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway (BA&P, BAP)
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Butte Consolidated Railway
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Butte Electric Railway
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Gallatin Light, Power and Railway Company
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Gallatin Valley Railway
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Gallatin Valley Electric Railway
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Montana.
Common freight carriers
* BNSF Railway (BNSF)
* Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway (BAP)
* Central Montana Rail, Inc. (CM)
* Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad (DMVW)
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Great Falls Street Railway
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Helena Light and Railway Company
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Helena Light and Traction Company
;Not completed
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Montana Railway
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North and South Railway
Notes
References
* Association of American Railroads (2003), . Retrieved May 11, 2005.
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Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
Railroads
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...