A westbound mixed freight approaches Bison siding only 5 miles from Marias summit
A short train #602, the Whitefish - Havre local, passes through Bison.
Eastbound coming off Marias Pass.
This westbound rail train picked up a nice coating of snow on its trip from Laurel.
The Empire Builder is in its home turf of Marias Pass with the beautiful mountians of Glacier National Park in the background.
Look at those mountians...
A trio of dash-9s head east with an empty grain train. The beautiful mountians in Glacier National Park just seem only a few feet away in the background.
Just off of US Highway 2 east of Bison, a small side road offers this view of #8 descending the east slope of Marias Pass.
BNSF 5477 drifts downgrade at Bison. The train is heading for Montana’s rolling plains, leaving the trees, tunnels and snow sheds behind.
BNSF 7428 still in BN colors drifts downgrade at Bison Siding with an eastbound freight.
BNSF 4186 is climbing towards Summit at 15 mph. Two more unmanned remote Dash 9’s are pushing hard on the rear.
BNSF 5391 works down grade towards East Glacier Park having conquered Marias Pass.
BNSF 4427 and sisters have this WB general freight well in hand climbing to Summit over Marias Pass.
No. 690 is still in full Santa Fe livery leads a WB stack train up Marias Pass on BNSF’s High Line.
Two GEVO units working the grade just east of Summit, MT.
