A manifest rumbles past the small Essex Yard and the Izaak Walton Inn with a rather eclectic lashup, including and SD45-B and an upgraded geep in a GP30 carbody.

Eastbound Empire Builder arriving at the Izaak Walton Inn / Essex Platform.

Empire Builder makes a station stop in Essex.

22. The flame orange skies are all that is left of the sun as an eastbound grain train heads for the summit crossing Sheep's Creek Trestle. There are no goats present today but when they are they ... (more)

23. The brightest moon lit landscape I have ever witnessed. Done with my supper at the Isaak Walton Inn, I made a trip back to East Glacier to shoot the trains at night. A BNSF train snakes along ... (more)

24. This will eventually be where I lay my head for the night. Yep, the hotel in the back ground, The Isaak Walton Inn. My pockets weren't deep enough for the Great Northern Suite and my one night... (more)

25. The power level that the moon was at this night was unbelievable. A train can be spotted running through the pines west towards Essex as it crosses the Sheep's Creek Trestle. What a fun sight ... (more)

26. A westbound works the grade to the summit of Marias Pass as it lights up the highway's continental divide road sign.

32. A worm train works the grade at a hard slow steady pace heading west towards Summit.

33. A pretty cool sight watching this train wrap around the mountain sides. I quickly climbed up a hillside to get the angle I wanted for this shot. Out of breath but it still worked out. Day #3 ... (more)

35. The snow sheds are hard to capture even though there are quite a few of them scattered along Marias Pass to protect against avalanches.

36. She'll be coming round the mountain When she comes (Toot, toot!) She'll be coming round the mountain When she comes (Toot, toot!) She'll be coming round the mountain, She'll be comi... (more)

37. The Java Creek Trestle has been shot a time or two. I have almost made my way back to Essex where I will pick up my girlfriend and start heading west once again. My previous night travels brou... (more)

38. Amtrak 8 breaks into an opening as it prepares for a stop at Essex, MT.

BNSF 7919, and a lease unit eastbound crossing the Flathead River Bridge east of Essex.