Milk River Subdivision
 Havre
Big Sandy Subdivision
Chester
Great Falls Subdivision
 Shelby
Sweet Grass Subdivision
Cut Bank
Browning
East Glacier Park
Continental Divide
Marias Pass
elev. 5,213 ft (1,589 m)
Essex
Nyack
West Glacier
Kalispell Subdivision
Whitefish
Kootenai River Subdivision

The Hi-Line is a railroad in Montana running between Havre and Whitefish. It serves as a portion of the BNSF Railway Northern Transcon.[1] Originally the mainline of the Great Northern Railway,[2] the Hi-Line name has its origins in the railroad line being the northernmost transcontinental railway line in the United States. While the modern BNSF Railroad has only named this portion the Hi-line, the term is colloquially used for other portions of the Northern Transcon. Hi-Line also more generally refers to the area of northern Montana near the Canada–United States border and U.S. Highway 2.[2][3]

The route is served by one passenger train daily in each direction operating between Chicago and either Portland, Oregon or Seattle: Amtrak Empire Builder.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ BNSF Subdivisions (PDF) (Map). BNSF. September 1, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Leeds, Tim (June 6, 2014). "BNSF continues Hi-Line investment". Havre Daily News. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. ↑ Wipf, Briana (July 14, 2015). "Ten things everyone from the Hi-Line knows to be true". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. ↑ Vichorek, Daniel N. (1993). The Hi-Line, Profiles of a Montana Land. Helena, Montana: American World and Geographic Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 1-56037-021-1.
  5. ↑ Franz, Justin (6 July 2020). "Amtrak cuts could have outsized impact on Hi-Line". Montana Free Press. Retrieved 2 August 2021.


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