A trio of LMX GEs leads train 12 east out of the mountains.

Amtrak Number 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, includes five extra private cars in the consist as it curves into Browning, Montana, on September 8, 1999. Three domes cars, including former Califor... (more)

Westbound BN manifest No. 603 climbs out of Browning, MT on June 5, 1990 with three SD40-2s.

An empty grain train leans through the famous curve at Browning under a spectacular Montana sky on its way east for another load. There isn't much need this day for the drift fences to protect BN... (more)

A very interesting leader is on eastbound BN intermodal train 28 just west of Browning. It can be safe to say this F45 ran over these tracks many times under BN ownership.

A sharp looking Builder with three units up front begins some fast running across the Hi Line. A pair of SD40-2 helpers wait on the rear of a grain load in the distance.

Sharp looking GE leads a westbound past a slowing eastbound.

This westbound grain load is working thru the sweeping curves west of Browning.

A typical winter day in Montana: Big skies, frigidly cold, impressive mountains looming on the horizon, and a wind-scoured landscape with drifts of snow piled in the lee of every contour. Throug... (more)

In looking back though my photos, I found this gem from 2009 of the 4449 on its eastbound run to Train Festival in Michigan, seen here in Browning, MT after crossing Marias Pass.

BNSF 4305 leads an EB mixed bag of locomotive paint and a manifest train into the rising sun as it rounds the big curve at the west end of Browning, ready to pass under the first undercrossing of... (more)

Eastbound grain empties, led by a pair of Heritage 2 Dash-9s, head around the curve at Browning, MT on the first day of August. This view is from the shoulder of US Highway 2.

A late afternoon trip up the mountain, started in overcast skies and calm winds, quickly brewed into a doozy of a snowstorm. By the time w had caught this EB grainer at the 2nd bridge at Browning... (more)

Leaving Marias Pass, and the Rocky Mountains of Glacier National Park behind, BNSF 7923 pulls up to a stop at the east end of the Browning, MT siding, for a meet with 2 westbound trains. condition... (more)