Sharp looking GE leads a westbound past a slowing eastbound.
A typical winter day in Montana: Big skies, frigidly cold, impressive mountains looming on the horizon, and a wind-scoured landscape with drifts of snow piled in the lee of every contour. Throug... (more)
In looking back though my photos, I found this gem from 2009 of the 4449 on its eastbound run to Train Festival in Michigan, seen here in Browning, MT after crossing Marias Pass.
BNSF 4305 leads an EB mixed bag of locomotive paint and a manifest train into the rising sun as it rounds the big curve at the west end of Browning, ready to pass under the first undercrossing of... (more)
Eastbound grain empties, led by a pair of Heritage 2 Dash-9s, head around the curve at Browning, MT on the first day of August. This view is from the shoulder of US Highway 2.
A late afternoon trip up the mountain, started in overcast skies and calm winds, quickly brewed into a doozy of a snowstorm. By the time w had caught this EB grainer at the 2nd bridge at Browning... (more)
Leaving Marias Pass, and the Rocky Mountains of Glacier National Park behind, BNSF 7923 pulls up to a stop at the east end of the Browning, MT siding, for a meet with 2 westbound trains. condition... (more)
With the mountains under a haze due to fires in Canada, faded BNSF Dash-9 4519 leads stacks and racks east, seen from an overpass on US Highway 2.
Eastbound coal empties head around the sweeping curve on the outskirts of Browning on a beautiful morning. In the distance, storm clouds form over the mountains, keeping us at this location for se... (more)
19. The last of the flat ground I will see as I head west as you can see the looming mountains in the background.
20. I assume all the heat waves are being caused by the dynamic brakes keeping this train under control as it makes it's way out of the mountains and onto the plains.
Priority merchandise for Galesburg, IL heads out of the mountains close on the tail of Amtrak.
SP 4449 races east for a sprint across relative flatlands, compared to the mountains in the background.
Grain loads near Grizzly claw their way upgrade approaching Marias Pass. Even with a pair of GE's on each end, this train stalled near Bison West.