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Port of Montana:
- Strategically located at the only rail interline
in Montana of the Burlington Northern and Union Pacific Railroads
and two major interstates, I-15 North/South and I-90 East/West,
the Port of Montana Intermodal Hub is ideally positioned to serve
shippers
- Hub facilities include a Forest Products Transload
Building; Fertilizer Transload; Bulk Storage Facility; 10 acres
paved and lighted TOFC/CPFC list on/off open staging area; 6 rail
tracks; certifies scales: two truck and one rail; Maintenance
Building; and an 85,000 square foot heated, dry, and refrigerated
warehouse.
- Hub services include general cargo vanning
and devanning; bulk commodity transloading, storage and reclaiming;
forest products reload and storage; documentation preparation,
domestic and international; transportation planning; container/trailer/chassis
equipment inventory and repair; warehouse storage, domestic and
international; U.S. Customs clearance and bonded storage. Visit
Port of Montana website
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Rail:
- Railroads serving Silver Bow County include
Montana Western/Montana Rail Link/Burlington Northern; Rarus;
and Union Pacific.
- The nearest loading point and functional piggy
back service is 6 miles from the city. As many as 12 freight train
trips serve Butte-Silver Bow per week.
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Motor Carrier:
- Butte-Silver Bow is served by two interstate
highways and two state highways. It is situated at the crossroads
of Interstate 15 (North/South) and Interstate 90 (East/West).
- The county is accessed by two interstate bus
service companies, Greyhound and Intermountain.
- Some of the trucking firms serving the county
are Western Transport Line, Yellow Freight, Molerway Freight Lines,
Consolidated Freightways, Transystems, Roadway Express, ANA Transport,
Biggers Transport, Irving Trucking, Americana Expressways, Highland,
S&J Trucking, Prince, Kenyon-Noble, Rob Clark, RB&C Trucking,
Solberg, and Ward Trucking. There are well over 1,000 motor freight
carriers that serve Montana and have access to Butte-Silver Bow.
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Air:
- Butte-Silver Bow is directly served by a public
airport. Its elevation is 5545 feet. The runways, the longest
of which is 9,000 feet, are lighted and hard-surfaced.
- A full range of general aviation services is
available at Bert Mooney Airport by fixed base operator, Butte
Aviation, Inc.: fuel, maintenance, charter, flight instruction,
pilot supplies and retail aid, aircraft storage, aircraft rental,
low and high pressure oxygen, aircraft lubricants, etc.
- Airlines serving Butte-Silver Bow are Sky West,
Horizon Air, and Delta Airlines. Visit
Bert Mooney Airport website.
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