Back in 1994, 7 SD40-2s on a WB grain train was standard for BN operating over Marias Pass. Here at the summit of Marias Pass, just East of the crossovers at Marias are 5 BN SD40-2s up front with... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train traverses a snowy Marias Pass at Marias, Montana, on December 21, 1998.

An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train climbs Marias Pass at Marias, Montana, on a sunny September 9, 1999. Clean warbonnet GE Dash 9 No. 775 leads Cascade green BN EMD SD40-2 ... (more)

The H1 GEs sure were nice when new. They fit right in on Marias Pass as they ease a loaded grain train west off the summit.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe train No. 15 curves westbound through Marias, Montana, on October 9, 1996. Powering the train is a pair of BN Cascade green EMD SD40-2s bracketing a GE B30-7A “B uni... (more)

BNSF Railway SD70ACe No. 9108 leads a 15 car business train down Marias Pass on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. The train started in Seattle on Aug. 10 and traveled east to Whitefish, Mont. where it... (more)

Amtrak number 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, carries former California Zephyr dome-observation Silver Solarium with the markers as the train passes through Marias, Montana, on September 8, 1999.

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight climbs over Marias Pass at Marias, Montana, on June 4, 2002. Three EMD SD40-2s pull the train through the spectacular mountains of Glacier National... (more)

A westbound intermodal train is about to the Summit of Marias Pass. Here the train pases thru Summit and back onto double track.

Springtime in the Rockies
A beautiful spring day in Montana finds a westbound BNSF intermodal train at Marias Pass led by three GE Dash-9s, two of them in clean warbonnet dress, on June... (more)

While an iconic Glacier Park Red Bus stops at the summit of Marias Pass to view the Lewis & Clark monument and statue of John Stevens an eastbound BNSF vehicle train passes in the distance. This p... (more)

The peaks of the continental divide look on as a westbound manifest begins its careful descent down the west slope of Marias Pass.

Westbound grain loads crest the continental divide behind a pair of Dash 9s

BNSF 5343 leads a westbound rail train at Marias, Montana on the afternoon of October 12, 2008. Snow has already fallen in the mountains making for icy conditions for railfans partaking in the ann... (more)