Montana Rail Link Revenue and Competitors

MRL is a unit of the Washington Group of Companies headquartered in Missoula, Montana. It is a privately held company. Montana has relied on service across our route for over a century. The rail line operated by Montana Rail Link, Inc., was originally part of the transcontinental railroad completed by the Northern Pacific Railway in 1883. The Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and Spokane, Portland & Seattle merged in 1970 to form the Burlington Northern Railroad. Montana Rail Link assumed control of Montana's southern route from the BN in October 1987. The railroad is one of two currently operating within the Washington Group of Companies. The other is Southern Railway of British Columbia, Ltd., based in New Westminster, B.C., Canada, linking greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.