Montana By Rail, offered by the Montana Rockies Rail Tours, is a three-day, two-night train tour traveling through Bozeman, Missouri River Canyon and Missoula, with a brief stopover in Spokane, Wash., before returning to Bozeman. Some of the inclusions are a welcome reception, one-night hotel stays each in Missoula and Spokane, daily complimentary continental breakfast and lunch, airport transfers, a motorcoach tour, guides and narrators.
Vacations by Rail offers a six-day, five-night tour to Glacier National Park. Aboard the Amtrack Empire Builder, the route starts in Seattle and stops in Spokane before ending in Glacier. Tour highlights include a cruise on Swiftcurrent Lake, a convertible touring bus, four breakfasts, two dinners, a lake cruise in Glacier and a historically themed multimedia show. Note that two nights are spent at a hotel in Glacier, and the rest are spent in a sleeper roomette on board the train.
Last Chance Tours offers two-hour daytime train tours through Helena exclusively. Some of the highlights include the Cathedral of St. Helena, The Old Fire Tower, Last Chance Gulch, Montana's Capitol building, as well as the Victorian mansion district. Some trains seat 40 passengers while others seat 55, and are available for private group charters. Tours are available Monday through Saturday only.
