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)

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)

On its second to last run, 1522 crests the apex of a hill at the east siding switch at Cuba. This beautiful locomotive had its excursion career shortened prematurely, mostly due to teh high cost ... (more)

In a time honored shot, and somewhat of a tradition over the years with Alta-Mont railfan weekend attendees, BNSF 6819 patiently waits its next helper assist up Marias Pass, late in the evening on... (more)

UP 6020 and four other high horsepower locomotives drag a manifest up the hill on On Union Pacific's Palmdale Cutoff over Cajon Pass. Shot from a vantage point immediately below the famous Hill 58... (more)

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)

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)

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)

UP 3985 charges the Missouri River Eagle through Hermann, MO. Less than 10 minutes before the train arrived, this view was socked in with pea-soup fog, hugging the Missouri River. With moments t... (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)

The Polson local is slowly drifting downgrade approaching DeSmet on the Evaro Hill line. Pea soup fog had just lifted from this location but behind the train, its still hugging US93 in the valley... (more)

5 locomotives in 5 different paint schemes, lead an EB manifest train downgrade on BNSF's Hi-Line Subdivision in north-western Montana, not far east of Marias Pass. This spot is known as Triple Di... (more)

UTAH 5004 exits Spanish Fork Canyon in early morning light, just east of Castilla, and west of the old town of Thistle, which was destroyed in the mud slide in 1983 and forced a reroute of the rai... (more)

I was very surprised not to see any "in-your-face", telesmash, nosey shots from the Sullivan's Curve area in Cajon Pass, so...here's a start. I've got several from this angle but this one's a bit... (more)