BNSF Railway bases a fleet of snowplows and spreaders in Essex, Mont., to keep the line over Marias Pass open in winter. In February 2023, a plow train is seen clearing snow. Photo by Justin Franz.

On Sept. 17, 2025, the BNSF Executive Train was seen heading east at Depew, N.Y. (just south of Buffalo) on CSX’s Chicago-New York main line, “giving folks a chance to see something not often seen on ...