Northern Pacific 4-8-4 2604 was one of twelve Class A 4-8-4s built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1926. They had 73" drivers, 28 x 30 inch cylinders, boiler pressure of 210 lbs, and could exert 57... (more)

GN 325 leads an eastbound that I would assume is the Empire Builder near Inverness, MT. Scanned from an Ektachrome transparency that is part of my collection but was not shot by me. No photographe... (more)

Renumbered SP&S C425 is leading a mixed consist with an SP C628 and ex GN F7 at Trego, MT shortly after the merger to BN.

Switching the West end of the Deer Lodge Yard

The Empire Builder (train #31) is westbound in glorious late afternoon light with an interesting consist of GN orange and Big Sky Blue colors, seen here near Eureka, Montana shortly after departin... (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)

Eastbound double Joe with dead boxcabs in tow crosses the Clark Fork River and BN's former NP Main. The BN station is visible on the right

It's so sad to see a classy profile like this disappearing from the country.

The semaphore blade falls at Java East as a westbound BN freight works it way towards Essex and Whitefish. This classic lashup of three builders, a GE U33C, EMD F45 and ALCO C-425 (4259 ex-SP&S 3... (more)

The Empire Builder stops alongside enshrined GN 2584 a few days before Christmas.