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Cut Bank (Amtrak station)
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Cut Bank, Montana is a station stop for the Amtrak
Empire Builder
in Cut Bank, Montana
and an important regional railway freight yard for the BNSF Railway
—which operates no less than three grain collection elevators
in the yard collecting grains from the western great plains region. The station, platform, and parking are owned by Amtrak
, while the adjacent Railyard sidings, trackage, and signals are owned and operated by BNSF Railway
. The station is just under a mile from the scenic Cut Bank Creek
gorge called merely "Cut Bank" giving the county-seat, station, and yard each their eponymous names.
The city, in conjunction with Amtrak and current track owner BNSF Railway, recently repainted their historic train station into the traditional Great Northern Railway depot colors. The Great Northern was the original owner of the station and tracks.
Of the twelve Montana stations served by Amtrak, Cut Bank was the eleventh busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of 9 passengers daily.
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
Empire Builder
Empire Builder
The Empire Builder is a passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the Midwestern and Northwestern United States. It is Amtrak's busiest long-distance route and busiest daily train, carrying more than 500,000 travelers annually since 2007. Overall, it is the railroad's 10th-busiest line. Before...
in Cut Bank, Montana
Cut Bank, Montana
Cut Bank is a city in and the county seat of Glacier County, Montana, United States located just east-south-east of the "cut bank" geographical feature which formed canyon-like along the eponymously named Cut Bank Creek river...
and an important regional railway freight yard for the BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway
The BNSF Railway is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It is one of seven North American Class I railroads and the second largest freight railroad network in North America, second only to the Union Pacific Railroad, its primary...
—which operates no less than three grain collection elevators
Grain elevator
A grain elevator is a tower containing a bucket elevator, which scoops up, elevates, and then uses gravity to deposit grain in a silo or other storage facility...
in the yard collecting grains from the western great plains region. The station, platform, and parking are owned by Amtrak
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
, while the adjacent Railyard sidings, trackage, and signals are owned and operated by BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway
The BNSF Railway is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It is one of seven North American Class I railroads and the second largest freight railroad network in North America, second only to the Union Pacific Railroad, its primary...
. The station is just under a mile from the scenic Cut Bank Creek
Cut Bank Creek
Cut Bank Creek is a tributary of the Marias River in the Missouri river basin watershed, approximately 75 mi long, in northwestern Montana in the United States, which having deeply eroded steep cliff banks eponymously gives name to the cut bank formal terrain term of geological science.It...
gorge called merely "Cut Bank" giving the county-seat, station, and yard each their eponymous names.
The city, in conjunction with Amtrak and current track owner BNSF Railway, recently repainted their historic train station into the traditional Great Northern Railway depot colors. The Great Northern was the original owner of the station and tracks.
Of the twelve Montana stations served by Amtrak, Cut Bank was the eleventh busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of 9 passengers daily.