GN 441, decked out in big sky blue, now serves as a luxury mountain resort deep in the northern Montana Rockies at the Izzak Walton Inn. Though this unit hasn't seen freight service in a number of... (more)
Clearing snow is a never-ending winter struggle on Marias Pass, especially this year. Here a "mini-dozer" (ballast regulator) clears a yard track at Essex. This machine has a neat attachment to it... (more)
Avalanche! Two days after a series of avalanches closed BNSF Railway's Hi Line Subdivision, traffic is finally getting back to normal in northwest Montana. One of the largest slides... (more)
An eastbound grain train rolls over Sheep Creek Trestle. This area just experienced a major snow slide that filled the bottom of valley and blocked the middle fork of the Flathead River at the bot... (more)