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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Montana.
Common freight carriers
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Private freight carriers
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Name
|
Mark
|
System[nb 1]
|
From
|
To
|
Successor
|
Notes
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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
|
K.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
|
|
K.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
|
K.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
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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
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Montana Southern Railway
|
|
|
1917
|
1940
|
K.A.
|
Montana Southern Railway
|
|
NP
|
1893
|
1897
|
Gaylord and Ruby Valley Railway
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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
|
K.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
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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
|
K.A.
|
Yellowstone Park Railroad
|
|
|
1905
|
1909
|
Montana, Wyoming and Southern Railroad
|
- Electric
- Not completed
- 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.