10. The western landscape is the home of grain elevators that tower above the plains and mark the right-away of the railroads. No matter how flat the plains look to the eye, a long train can tell... (more)

11. James J. Hill stands in front of BNSF's Havre yard office building making sure no one scratches any of the vehicles in his lot.

12. Many of the trackside grain elevators have their own power on hand but they don't always look this sharp and match the structures.

13. The high plains have such a lonely abandoned feel to them that I love. So many structures falling apart with towns that seem to be just holding on. The only signs of life here is the race of t... (more)

14. Another building just holding on sporting a very nice yellow and red paint scheme stands between Highway 2 and another BNSF eastbound train.

15. This is it, the town of Devon. Not sure if anyone even lives here as I didn't see a soul move besides the traffic flying by on Highway 2 behind me. I am still 210 miles away from Essex, MT whe... (more)

16. This westbound skirts around another poor building just trying to hold own through the rest of winter. We have pretty much driven out of the snow covered plains as it is pretty dry here. We wi... (more)

17. Big green still holds on to memories of riding the rails behind him as he rusts away with the rest of the scrap that fills the field. Pretty good shape yet atleast and placed right next to the... (more)

18. The exhaust drifts back as the power from the dpu's is needed for the long climb in store for this train to Summit, MT. You miss the head end power when you are new to the area and don't reali... (more)

19. The last of the flat ground I will see as I head west as you can see the looming mountains in the background.

20. I assume all the heat waves are being caused by the dynamic brakes keeping this train under control as it makes it's way out of the mountains and onto the plains.

21. The shadows creep up quickly in the mountains but boy does the sky start to light up. The snow is starting to accumulate as I work my way up the eastern side.

22. The flame orange skies are all that is left of the sun as an eastbound grain train heads for the summit crossing Sheep's Creek Trestle. There are no goats present today but when they are they ... (more)

23. The brightest moon lit landscape I have ever witnessed. Done with my supper at the Isaak Walton Inn, I made a trip back to East Glacier to shoot the trains at night. A BNSF train snakes along ... (more)

24. This will eventually be where I lay my head for the night. Yep, the hotel in the back ground, The Isaak Walton Inn. My pockets weren't deep enough for the Great Northern Suite and my one night... (more)