The BNSF 6819 helper crew tags along riding behind the DPU of a westbound grain train, grinding its way to the summit of Marias Pass. The constant blustery winds of Marias are very evident here a... (more)
Shortly before shooting the Amtrak shot just west of here, we had latched onto this WB Z train near Browning, entering the siding at Bison for his meet with Amtrak. His The fresh snow, and brigh... (more)
BNSF 7693 rolls to a stop at the west end of the Bison siding, waiting on EB Amtrak #8, on BNSF's Hi Line Subdivision over Marias Pass. A blustery and brisk, but otherwise beautiful day allowed f... (more)
On a pristine, yet unusually wind free day on the southern edge of Glacier National Park in October, Amtrak train #8 rolls eastward by a remarkably glass-like pond, just west of Bison, MT, at a lo... (more)
A westbound Z train stretches out across a wide spot at Bison, seen from the shoulder of US Highway 2. What was surprising about this train was the pair of SD75Ms in the consist.
A westbound loaded grain train makes 18 mph up the east side of Marias Pass with a 2x2 DPU configuration.
A pair of DPU units shove hard on the rear of a loaded coal train as it works its way up the east side of Marias Pass.
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.
