After waiting at False Summit for a westbound coal train, BNSF 4497 is now back on the move east, seen beneath the mountains at Bison.
A BNSF GEVO and an SD70MAC take coal empties east, seen passing beneath the mountains at Bison, MT on a beautiful summer morning.
BNSF C44-9W 4399 leads two Warbonnets on a colorful eastbound stack train at the Summit of Marias Pass at 7:10AM. We arrived at this location just as the sun cleared the mountain behind us.
MRL SD70ACe 4302 leads an SD40-2XR and a pair of SD45-2s on the Laurel to Missoula manifest, seen just about to cross Birdseye Road at Tobin, MT in the late evening. The first forty cars are loade... (more)
Eastbound grain empties, led by a pair of Heritage 2 Dash-9s, head around the curve at Browning, MT on the first day of August. This view is from the shoulder of US Highway 2.
In sweet evening light, the Laurel to Missoula manifest, led by a trio of MRL SD45-2s, begins to tackle the grade of Mullan Pass at MP 6 on the third sub, a sight and sound not soon to be forgotte... (more)
With the mountains under a haze due to fires in Canada, faded BNSF Dash-9 4519 leads stacks and racks east, seen from an overpass on US Highway 2.
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.
Eastbound coal empties head around the sweeping curve on the outskirts of Browning on a beautiful morning. In the distance, storm clouds form over the mountains, keeping us at this location for se... (more)
Our first of three eastbounds this morning is an autorack train, led by Warbonnet C44-9W 765 and NS SD70M-2 2711. The train is crossing over Midvale Creek. The metal fence on the opposing side was... (more)
The eastbound Empire Builder has just left its station stop at East Glacier and is back up to speed at Grizzly, surprisingly running on time.
A pair of BNSF Dash-9s on a short autorack train hold for westbound coal loads in the early morning at False Summit.
The only SDP40-2XR on MRL's roster dumps ballast at the sight of a recent derailment at Jens, MT. Once it completes its work here, the train will continue towards Garrison to pick up old ties from... (more)
