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) Mission Mountain Railroad (MMT) Montana Rail Link (MRL) Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Yellowstone Valley Railroad (YSVR)

Private freight carriers Global Rail Group Lincoln County Port Authority (LCPA) Montana Limestone Company (MLC) Port of Montana (POM) Transco

Passenger carriers

Amtrak (AMTK)

Defunct railroads

NameMarkSystemThis is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.FromToSuccessorNotesBig Blackfoot RailwayMILW19101916Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul RailwayBig Horn RailroadCB&Q19051916Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RailroadBig Horn Southern RailroadCB&Q18881897Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RailroadBillings and Central Montana RailwayNP19121921Northern Pacific RailwayBillings and Northern RailroadGN19021907Great Northern RailwayBozeman Street RailwayMILW18921909Gallatin Valley Electric RailwayBurlington Northern Inc.BN19701981Burlington Northern RailroadBurlington Northern RailroadBN19811996Burlington Northern and Santa Fe RailwayButte, Anaconda and Pacific RailwayBA&P, BAP18921985Rarus RailwayButte, Wisdom and Pacific Railway19131914Southern Montana RailwayCamp Creek RailwayNP19111914Northern Pacific RailwayChicago, Burlington and Quincy RailroadCB&QCB&Q18941970Burlington Northern Inc.Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RailwayCB&Q19011907N/ALeased the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RailroadChicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound RailwayMILW19091912Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul RailwayChicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul RailwayMILW19121928Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific RailroadChicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of MontanaMILW19051908Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of WashingtonChicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of WashingtonMILW19081909Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound RailwayChicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific RailroadMILWMILW19281982Burlington Northern RailroadClearwater Short Line RailwayNP18981914Northern Pacific RailwayCoeur d'Alene Railway and Navigation CompanyNP18861897Northern Pacific RailwayDrummond and Philipsburg RailroadNP18871888Northern Pacific and Montana RailroadElliston and Southern Railroad1896N/AGallatin Valley RailwayMILW19101918Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul RailwayGallatin Valley Electric RailwayMILW19081910Gallatin Valley RailwayGaylord and Ruby Valley RailwayNP18971899Northern Pacific RailwayGilmore and Pittsburgh RailroadNP19071939N/AGreat Falls and Canada RailwayGN18891901Montana and Great Northern RailwayGreat Falls Terminal RailwayMILW19121914Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul RailwayGreat Falls and Teton County RailwayGN19121914Great Northern RailwayGreat Northern RailwayGNGN18901970Burlington Northern Inc.Helena, Boulder Valley and Butte RailroadNP18861888Northern Pacific and Montana RailroadHelena and Jefferson County RailroadNP18831898Northern Pacific RailwayHelena and Northern RailroadNP18861888Northern Pacific and Montana RailroadHelena and Red Mountain RailroadNP18861899Northern Pacific RailwayMinneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie RailroadSOOCP19441961Soo Line RailroadMinneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie RailwaySOOCP19131944Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie RailroadMissoula and Bitter Root Valley RailroadNP18871888Northern Pacific and Montana RailroadMissoula and Hamilton RailwayNP19111916Northern Pacific RailwayMissouri River RailwayNP19061914Northern Pacific RailwayMontana RailroadMILW18941910Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound RailwayMontana RailwayNP18811898Northern Pacific RailwayMontana Central RailwayGN18861907Great Northern RailwayMontana Eastern RailwayGN19121928Great Northern RailwayMontana and Great Northern RailwayGN19011907Great Northern Railway, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba RailwayMontana Southern Railway19171940N/AMontana Southern RailwayNP18931897Gaylord and Ruby Valley RailwayMontana Union RailwayNP18861898Northern Pacific RailwayMontana Western RailwayMWRR19862003Burlington Northern and Santa Fe RailwayMontana Western Railway19091970Burlington Northern Inc.Montana, Wyoming and Southern RailroadMW&S, MWS19091955N/ANorthern Pacific RailroadNP18641896Northern Pacific RailwayNorthern Pacific RailwayNPNP18961970Burlington Northern Inc.Northern Pacific and Montana RailroadNP18881898Northern Pacific RailwayOregon Short Line RailroadUP18971987Union Pacific RailroadOregon Short Line and Utah Northern RailwayUP18891897Oregon Short Line RailroadRarus RailwayRARW19852007Butte, Anaconda and Pacific RailwayRocky Fork and Cooke City RailwayNP18861898Northern Pacific RailwayRocky Mountain Railroad of MontanaNP18811898Northern Pacific RailwaySt. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba RailwayGN18791907Great Northern RailwayShields River Valley RailwayNP19081914Northern Pacific RailwaySoo Line RailroadSOOCP1961Still exists in Montana as a lessor of the Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western RailroadSouthern Montana Railway19141917Montana Southern RailwayUtah and Northern RailwayUP18781889Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern RailwayWhite Sulphur Springs and Yellowstone Park RailwayWSYPMILW19101980N/AYellowstone Park Railroad19051909Montana, 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

References

Association of American Railroads (2003), . Retrieved May 11, 2005.