Eastbound grain etys just off Marias Pass after early season snow

A westbound stack train passes under Highway 2 just west of Browning, Montana, beginning the climb to the summit of Marias Pass.

My first visit to the ex GN Mainline yielded cloudy skies, obscured mountains, snow squalls, and below zero temps....but lots of trains....so I'm not complaining. After chasing an eastbound from ... (more)

So as I pulled up to the former Great Northern depot I was surprised to see that some local caretaker was thoughtful enough to provide a train update on the chalk board hung outside the waiting ro... (more)

Having paused at Browning to pick up the two autoracks on the headpin, this westbound manifest is pushing it's way through the fierce blowing snow and below zero temps. Having crested the small s... (more)

It's cold, real cold, in Browning, MT, but that's not enough to keep the BNSF from going about it's duties. Here a westbound freight has taken the siding and cut off from it's train to pull west ... (more)

The snow is blowing fiercely and the temperature is NEGATIVE nine degrees, which may explain why this crew was heard on the radio trying to talk the dispatcher out of stopping at Browning for a pi... (more)

Eastbound Empire Builder.

Eastbound Empire Builder departs Browning after a station stop while a westbound mainfest heads towards Marias Pass in the distance.

A study in weather contrast...another reason it is called "Big Sky Country."

The skies are turning dark as BNSF 4671 takes the super-elevated S-curve eastbound into Browning.

Amtrak, The eastbound Empire Builder takes the large S-curve at Browning. Next stop, Shelby, 50 mile to the east!

BNSF 4792 leads an eastbound stack.

A westbound grain train labors uphill with 2 DPUs on the end.