This abandoned railway line runs from Livingston south to Gardiner at the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park. The line was first completed from Livingston to Cinnabar in 1883 by the Rocky Mountain Railroad of Montana and leased to the Northern Pacific Railroad. In 1898, it was sold outright to the NP who then extended it to Gardiner in 1903.
This branch served the agricultural communities in Paradise Valley and also brought tourists to the famed Yellowstone park.
Burlington Northern abandoned the line in 1981.