A BNSF helper set consisting of two SD40-2s slowly backs toward a resting spot in the yard past the Izaak Walton Inn at Essex, Montana, on December 23, 2007. The Great Northern-inspired livery sur... (more)
BNSF EMD GP38-2 No. 2322 and GP39E No. 2940 are power for a spreader train idling the night away in Essex yard, Montana, on December 26, 2007. The train arrived at Essex a few hours before after f... (more)
During the blue hour on the eve of December 26, 2007, two BNSF helper sets sit and a spreader train sit quietly in the falling snow at Essex, Montana. Snow has pretty much buried Essex yard!
An eastbound stack train grinds up the west slope of Marias Pass on BNSF's high line. The train is exiting snow shed 10 east of Essex and Java, MT and will soon reach the summit of the pass.