Montana Rail

Anonymous · June 25, 2006, 4:13pm

What railroad is it that runs parallel to I-90 in Montana?

nanaimo73 · June 25, 2006, 4:33pm

In eastern Montana, it is the BNSF, and west of Huntley it is Montana Rail Link. Both parts were Northern Pacific before 1970.

Anonymous · June 25, 2006, 4:46pm

Thanks much. That’s exactly what I was looking for!!

Anonymous · June 25, 2006, 5:25pm

Actually the eastern part along I-90 in Montana is ex-CB&Q. East of Huntley where it was ex-NP is I-94.

Anonymous · June 25, 2006, 5:51pm

CB&Q?! I had no idea they ran that far northwest… Did they go to the Pacific before the BN?

fuzzybroken · June 25, 2006, 8:28pm

Right around the time GN and NP bought 'em… No, they never actually reached the Pacific, they connected to the “Northerns” in Montana.

zgardner18 · June 26, 2006, 9:07am

After living up there in Bozeman for a short time, I spent a lot of hours on the I-90 Chasing trains. MRL has those tracks but BNSF runs them by using MRL’s crew to “Bridge” the route through Montana.