Wagner, Montana

Wagner is an unincorporated area and village in Phillips County, Montana, United States. The town lies along the Hi-Line of the Great Northern Railway.[1]

Wagner Montana is most famous for the 1901 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid train robbery of $40,000.

48°22′14″N 108°04′39″W

Transportation

Amtrak’s Empire Builder, which operates between Seattle/Portland and Chicago, passes through the small town on BNSF tracks, but makes no stop. The nearest station is located in Malta, 11 miles (18 km) to the east.

Notes

1. Baker, Don (1997). Ghost Towns of the Montana Prairie. Golden, Colorado: Fred Pruett Books. p. 80. ISBN 0-87108-050-8.