The Amtrak Empire Builder rolls out onto the plains at Browning after crossing the Rockies at Marias Pass.

Coiling down the long grade from the high country to the plains, BNSF 1046, in the company of a couple of faded ladies, presents a fine late summer view in the northern Rockies. That Heritage I sc... (more)

An east bound empty grain train meets a west bound loaded grain train just east of Grizzly. In the background is Marias Pass highlighted by Summit Mountain and Calf Robe Mountain.

An Eastbound BNSF empty grain train is seen at the sharp curve just outside Browning, Montana. The train will pass through the small town that lies in the Blackfoot Indian Reservation before conti... (more)

An Eastbound manifest rounds the curve at Browning with a snow covered background, headed towards Havre with a large assortment of power.

Eastbound freight takes the S-curve west of Browning.

An eastbound freight waits as westbound stack train clears the single track

Two Burlington Northern Santa Fe Heritage I GE C44-9Ws push on a westbound grain train climbing Marias Pass at the end of a rainbow just west of Browning, Montana. Another pair of “Heritage I”... (more)

A late October snowstorm in 1991 has blanketed the state of Montana in a wintery white as Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder sweeps through the big curve just west of Browning on the first day of... (more)

The Eastbound Empire Builder.

What’s at the end of the rainbow?
It’s a pair of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Heritage I GE C44-9Ws on a westbound grain train climbing Marias Pass working through the sweeping curv... (more)

An early-morning eastbound intermodal has crossed Marias Pass and has almost reached the prairies as it swings around the big curve just west of Browning. The mountains of Glacier National Park a... (more)

BNSF ES44C4 7188 and C44-9W 5223 are on their knees, climbing the stiff grade through Browning with a loaded Vancouver, WA bound grain train.

BNSF 7204 leads a Pasco, WA bound manifest through the flatlands east of Marias Pass on the Hi-Line.

Amtrak's eastbound "Empire Builder" speeds around a tight curve west of Browning, MT preparing for a station stop, about 15 minutes AHEAD of schedule! Strange....