Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this video, we cover Burlington Northern operations between Whitefish and Browning, Montana in the early 1990s, with footage supplied to C. Vision Productions by talented videographer Dan Hadley. This scenic section of the former Great Northern mainline includes Marias Pass and Glacier Park, providing us with many beautiful locations to view the action. Beginning in Whitefish, we'll follow the route east, over Marias Pass and the Continental Divide, eventually leading to the wide open plains east of the mountains. Burlington Northern freight trains, intermodal trains, grain trains, work trains, and helpers, are all seen working their way over this territory. BN locomotive models SD40, SD40-2, GP50, GP40-2, GP38-2, and B30-7AB appear frequently throughout the video, giving us a great variety of motive power to showcase for you. LMX GE B39-8E locomotives were also quite common during the production period, with several of these units documented powering intermodal and general freight trains. Santa Fe SD40-2 and SD45-2 locomotives make a few pre-merger appearances in this video as well, adding a little extra color to several of the locomotive consists that pass by Mr. Hadley’s camera. Amtrak’s Empire Builder is seen a few times as it passes through the area, with classic F40PH locomotives in charge. Tunnels, high bridges, breathtaking mountain landscapes, along with train after train of Cascade Green nostalgia, can be found in this C. Vision video presentation.
Marias Pass Maximum Grades:
Westbound: 1.32%
Eastbound: 1.86%
Source: BNSF Hi Line Subdivision Grade Chart
Note: Most of these scenes are included in the Pentrex video “Across Marias Pass”. The full Pentrex video is still available for purchase. The raw footage used in this show is owned and copyrighted from Dan Hadley. It is used with his permission.
Check out our other videos below:
Classic BNSF Railway: Volume 2 of Crossing The Cornbelt - FULL VIDEO (1998):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2rqcJK7DUfo
Classic BNSF Railway: Crossing The Cornbelt, The Marshall Subdivision - FULL VIDEO (1997):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vFTnF2PtYKo
Montana Rail Link SD45 Renaissance Vol. 1, The East End - FULL VIDEO (2016):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=reRpteUo1D0
Montana Rail Link Vol. 2, The West End - Updated FULL VIDEO (2016):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qqkYMo2TEQA
Montana Rail Link Vol. 3, The Final Countdown: GP9, SD40-2XR, and SD45 Locomotives:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G_7bn1HCtJY
A Tribute to the Soo Line - FULL VIDEO (2000):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aA3rCBiVVJw
Nebkota Railway F Units and BN C30-7’s on Crawford Hill in Nebraska:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zOgeV9SXY70
Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern FULL VIDEO - RCPE SD40-2 Locomotives (2016):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7ugEhjtXUK0
BNSF Hinckley Subdivision in 1998-1999. 4 Class 1 Railroads! Pre-Merger Locomotives!:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YhCzMZzQrTQ
DMVW SD45 Locomotives:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TXEuCr4zDOo
Wyoming Coal Trains - FULL VIDEO (1995):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cwM8KsMh0u8
Rare Views of CP Industrial Switching: MP15AC Locomotives on CP’s Camden Job - SOO 1540 & CP 1404:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1jbUJWLXapI
Sisseton Milbank Railroad (SMRR) - South Dakota Shortline Survivor:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-_UB82mquzg
SD40-2 Stronghold: EMD Locomotives in Minnesota’s Iron Ore Country FULL VIDEO (2018):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kvaEVuFQlhU
Rock & Rail Activity on the Tennessee Pass Line in Colorado:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2qJLgdXekFw
Trona Railway in the Mojave Desert: EMD SD40-2, SD40T-2, and Baldwin AS-616 Locomotives:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hkwck9cSRHo
BNSF Branch Line Covered in Weeds - Large FIRE Encountered By Train Crew:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PZZJ_C2Bh2A
Where did MRL's SD35 Fleet Go? Great Lakes Central!:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QyPFjzXdg1o
BNSF Northtown Locomotive Diesel Shop Tour:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xTtRVKdMIC8
Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad in 2005: SD9s, Wigwags, POTB 6139 Cabride, and more!:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wYzfHhl6gqk
NKCR: Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado Railway on the Stormy High Plains:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LkgjlTCMwuk
BN and ATSF colors on the Milwaukee Road Mainline: Let the EMDs Roar!:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EA7-V97GnxA
Central Montana Railroad: Shortline Survivor - GP9 and GP30 Territory:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc6WqSivG6k
BNSF Rotary Snow Plow Action in McIntosh, South Dakota!:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0nH2oKdqX3Q
BNSF trains in Edgemont and Igloo, SD:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EShrTcvNb04
In this video, we cover Burlington Northern operations between Whitefish and Browning, Montana in the early 1990s, with footage supplied to C. Vision Productions by talented videographer Dan Hadley. This scenic section of the former Great Northern mainline includes Marias Pass and Glacier Park, providing us with many beautiful locations to view the action. Beginning in Whitefish, we'll follow the route east, over Marias Pass and the Continental Divide, eventually leading to the wide open plains east of the mountains. Burlington Northern freight trains, intermodal trains, grain trains, work trains, and helpers, are all seen working their way over this territory. BN locomotive models SD40, SD40-2, GP50, GP40-2, GP38-2, and B30-7AB appear frequently throughout the video, giving us a great variety of motive power to showcase for you. LMX GE B39-8E locomotives were also quite common during the production period, with several of these units documented powering intermodal and general freight trains. Santa Fe SD40-2 and SD45-2 locomotives make a few pre-merger appearances in this video as well, adding a little extra color to several of the locomotive consists that pass by Mr. Hadley’s camera. Amtrak’s Empire Builder is seen a few times as it passes through the area, with classic F40PH locomotives in charge. Tunnels, high bridges, breathtaking mountain landscapes, along with train after train of Cascade Green nostalgia, can be found in this C. Vision video presentation.
Marias Pass Maximum Grades:
Westbound: 1.32%
Eastbound: 1.86%
Source: BNSF Hi Line Subdivision Grade Chart
Note: Most of these scenes are included in the Pentrex video “Across Marias Pass”. The full Pentrex video is still available for purchase. The raw footage used in this show is owned and copyrighted from Dan Hadley. It is used with his permission.
Check out our other videos below:
Classic BNSF Railway: Volume 2 of Crossing The Cornbelt - FULL VIDEO (1998):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2rqcJK7DUfo
Classic BNSF Railway: Crossing The Cornbelt, The Marshall Subdivision - FULL VIDEO (1997):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vFTnF2PtYKo
Montana Rail Link SD45 Renaissance Vol. 1, The East End - FULL VIDEO (2016):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=reRpteUo1D0
Montana Rail Link Vol. 2, The West End - Updated FULL VIDEO (2016):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qqkYMo2TEQA
Montana Rail Link Vol. 3, The Final Countdown: GP9, SD40-2XR, and SD45 Locomotives:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G_7bn1HCtJY
A Tribute to the Soo Line - FULL VIDEO (2000):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aA3rCBiVVJw
Nebkota Railway F Units and BN C30-7’s on Crawford Hill in Nebraska:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zOgeV9SXY70
Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern FULL VIDEO - RCPE SD40-2 Locomotives (2016):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7ugEhjtXUK0
BNSF Hinckley Subdivision in 1998-1999. 4 Class 1 Railroads! Pre-Merger Locomotives!:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YhCzMZzQrTQ
DMVW SD45 Locomotives:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TXEuCr4zDOo
Wyoming Coal Trains - FULL VIDEO (1995):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cwM8KsMh0u8
Rare Views of CP Industrial Switching: MP15AC Locomotives on CP’s Camden Job - SOO 1540 & CP 1404:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1jbUJWLXapI
Sisseton Milbank Railroad (SMRR) - South Dakota Shortline Survivor:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-_UB82mquzg
SD40-2 Stronghold: EMD Locomotives in Minnesota’s Iron Ore Country FULL VIDEO (2018):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kvaEVuFQlhU
Rock & Rail Activity on the Tennessee Pass Line in Colorado:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2qJLgdXekFw
Trona Railway in the Mojave Desert: EMD SD40-2, SD40T-2, and Baldwin AS-616 Locomotives:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hkwck9cSRHo
BNSF Branch Line Covered in Weeds - Large FIRE Encountered By Train Crew:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PZZJ_C2Bh2A
Where did MRL's SD35 Fleet Go? Great Lakes Central!:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QyPFjzXdg1o
BNSF Northtown Locomotive Diesel Shop Tour:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xTtRVKdMIC8
Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad in 2005: SD9s, Wigwags, POTB 6139 Cabride, and more!:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wYzfHhl6gqk
NKCR: Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado Railway on the Stormy High Plains:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LkgjlTCMwuk
BN and ATSF colors on the Milwaukee Road Mainline: Let the EMDs Roar!:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EA7-V97GnxA
Central Montana Railroad: Shortline Survivor - GP9 and GP30 Territory:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc6WqSivG6k
BNSF Rotary Snow Plow Action in McIntosh, South Dakota!:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0nH2oKdqX3Q
BNSF trains in Edgemont and Igloo, SD:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EShrTcvNb04
