A late afternoon stack train exits Tunnel 3.9 and is about to enter Tunnel 4. The railroad skirts the Middle Fork of the Flathead River from West Glacier to Essex and follows the southern boundary... (more)
On this beautiful morning, my wife and I have just arrived at the West Glacier Amtrak Station, labeled "Belton" for some reason, to catch the Empire Builder back to Minneapolis/St. Paul.... (more)
Amid a beautiful autumn in Glacier National Park, a westbound BNSF stack train curves along the Middle Fork of the Flathead River as it exits Tunnel 4 just east of West Glacier (Belton), Montana, ... (more)
Plenty of tie replacement, rail work, and shed repairing is taking place along the Hi Line Sub. Throw in a fire near Essex and there's a lot of activity. MOW equipment is tied up for the Night at... (more)
A westbound BNSF stack train parallels the Flathead River before entering tunnel 3 in West Glacier, MT
The DPU of a Eastbound manifest glides along the Flathead River in West Glacier, MT as it traverses BNSF's Hi-Line Subdivision through Marias Pass.
On a Beautiful Montana afternoon, westbound BNSF No. 5660 leads stacks along the Flathead River just east of Belton.
Westbound mixed freight glides through West Glacier, MT.
Amtrak 7, the Empire Builder, is cruising along the Flathead river just minutes away from a West Glacier Park station stop. The train has steadily made up time since being an hour and a half late ... (more)
Grain hoppers roll back east following the warm glow of the headlamps lighting the path through the tunnels along the Middle Fork Flathead River. The sun will rise before they start the attack of ... (more)
A BNSF work train with 3 window SD60Ms 1408 and 1407, is tied down for the evening at West Glacier.
LMX 8555 skirts the Middle Fork, Flathead River near West Glacier in Glacier National Park in May of 1990.
BNSF ES44C4 6799 and AC44C4M 604 lead a westbound loaded grain train along the Middle Fork of the Flathead River near West Glacier, MT.
Built in 1990 as BN 9216, this locomotive later became BNSF 9216, then Railroad: BNSF RailwayLocomotive: EMD SD60MLocation: West Glacier, Montana, USALocomotive #: BNSF 1407Train ID: W-ESXESXPhoto Date: May 19, 2016
20 years ago, BN ruled Marias Pass. The BN green was second only to the green of pines that are dominant in the mountains. Today, Warren Buffet's railroad is now orange, not the same to say the le... (more)
