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 Great Nort... (more)

The Eastbound Empire Builder crosses the Java Trestle just East of Essex, MT after making the flag stop at the station. The train is about to cross Marias Pass at the Continental Divide and head E... (more)

The Eastbound Empire Builder passes the famous Izaak Walton Inn just before making the flag stop at Essex station. The inn was built in 1939 by the Great Northern Railway to house workers on this ... (more)

A Westbound hotshot intermodal exits Snow Shed 12 in Essex, Montana after tackling blizzard conditions on Marias Pass. The weather towards the top of the pass is drastically different than below i... (more)

A Westbound manifest freight crosses Sheep Creek Trestle, passing through the South tip of Glacier National Park. The bridge is referred to as Sheep Lick Trestle by the railroad, but often called ... (more)

Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder crosses Sheep Creek Trestle just east of Essex, Montana, on October 6, 1997, while traversing the border of scenic Glacier National Park.

Late in the day of October 9, 2018, an eastbound BNSF Office Car Special (OCS) arrives at Essex, Montana. At Essex yard across from the Izaak Walton Inn, the motive power will run around the passe... (more)

A westbound stack train crawls through snowshed 10, operating under a slow order, as the sun sets on the rugged backdrop of Marias Pass.

Passing a set of helpers used on Marias Pass, an eastbound BNSF Office Car Special arrives at Essex, Montana, late in the day of October 9, 2018. On the rear of the passenger train is BNSF No. 30,... (more)

An eastbound BNSF Office Car Special arrives at Essex, Montana, late in the day of October 9, 2018. At Essex yard across from the Izaak Walton Inn, the motive power will run around the passenger t... (more)

A pair of Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2 helper sets rests on the yard tracks adjoining the Essex station on a bright, snowy day at Essex, Montana, Montana, on March 3, 1989.

As the sun peeks over the surrounding mountains, an early morning westbound BNSF Stack crosses the Sheep Creek Trestle over Sheep Creek. Just west in this heavily forested landscape is Essex Monta... (more)

Covered with snow
Three Burlington Northern locomotives sit in a snow-covered Essex yard in Montana the day after Christmas in 1998. They had the holiday off, and it didn’t take long f... (more)

The sun glints off the sides of the eastbound Empire Builder at Java West, located about 3-1/2 miles east of Essex. Although just a large barren spot in the summer, once the snow falls, this area ... (more)

An eastbound freight rolls across Goat Lick Trestle, Sheep Creek Trestle to the railroad, in Glacier National Park southeast of Essex.