An Eastbound BNSF manifest train is seen tackling the 1.8 percent grade up Marias Pass passing snow sheds 6 and 5 in an area known as Snowslip.

A Westbound manifest freight train is seen snaking through Bad Rock Canyon between Hungry Horse and Columbia Falls, Montana along the Middle Fork of the Flathead River.

A Westbound BNSF Grain train is seen passing through the John F. Stevens Canyon at Ken Good Curve. The canyon was named for the man who surveyed the land in 1889 for James J. Hill to build the Gre... (more)

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 BNSF empty grain train is seen at Grizzly just outside of East Glacier, Montana. The mountains of Glacier National Park can be seen towering high above the train.

An Eastbound BNSF empty grain train is seen at Grizzly just outside of East Glacier, Montana. The mountains of Glacier National Park can be seen towering high above the train.

An Eastbound empty grain train is seen at Two Medicine River Bridge, just past East Glacier Park.

This former Santa Fe F45 is now repainted in Great Northern "Big Sky Blue" and repurposed as a luxury cabin at the Izaak Walton Inn at Essex, MT. The inn itself was built in 1939 by the ... (more)

After crossing the Continental Divide over Marias Pass, the Eastbound Empire Builder crosses the Two Medicine River Bridge just outside East Glacier and is about to cross the vast Montana plains.

An Eastbound BNSF intermodal with quite the correct leader is seen at Grizzly just outside of East Glacier, Montana. The mountains of Glacier National Park can be seen towering high above the trai... (more)

An Eastbound intermodal train is seen descending the 5213-foot summit at Marias Pass at an area known as False Summit, about a mile East from the top of the pass. John F. Stevens first explored th... (more)

An Eastbound intermodal train is seen descending the 5213-foot summit at Marias Pass at an area known as False Summit, about a mile East from the top of the pass. Summit Mountain, which has a peak... (more)

An Eastbound manifest freight train is seen crossing the Java Creek Trestle just East of Essex, Montana.

An Eastbound manifest freight train is seen exiting Tunnel 2 in Pinnacle Montana during a snow squall.

A Westbound BNSF intermodal train is seen inside the portal of Tunnel 3.8 in West Glacier Montana. The tracks through this series of tunnels as they wind their way through the John F. Stevens Cany... (more)