Amtrak’s Empire Builder cruises through Fisher River, Montana, on the morning of July 2, 2023. The train is powered by a pair of Siemens ALC-42 locomotives and is eastbound on BNSF’s Hi Line S... (more)
An eastbound BNSF grain train approaches Fisher River, Montana, on a snowless February 7, 2016.
On the western approach to the Flathead Tunnel, a 114-car empty grain train swings through the rock cut at Fisher River, approximately half way between Libby and the west portal of the tunnel. Th... (more)
A shiny SD70ACe, BNSF 8411 slows an eastbound grain empty at Fisher River siding for a meet with multiple westbound trains. Fisher River is located between Libby, MT and the Flathead Tunnel.
Coming or going? This grain train on BNSF's "High Line" west of the Flathead Tunnel at a siding called Fisher River is headed west and these units are the DPUs on this train. Valley snow... (more)
The setting sun highlights the exhaust of three SD40-2s, the 6824, 7038, and 6821, as they lug grain empties up the steady 1.00% ruling grade eastbound through Fisher River. The 6824 was the firs... (more)
An eastbound empty grain train has little trouble staying at track speed (60 mph) as it works upgrade towards the Flathead tunnel.
