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Wagner, Montana

Coordinates: 48°22′14″N 108°04′39″W / 48.37056°N 108.07750°W / 48.37056; -108.07750
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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 / 48.37056°N 108.07750°W / 48.37056; -108.07750

Transportation

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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

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