Dynamic Duos

An eaastbound Burlington Northern stack train at Paola, Montana, on Aug. 3, 1991.

In July 19091 Ed Ribinskas and his new bride rode Amtrak’s Empire Builder to Glacier National Park on their honeymoon.

He said that in putting together highlights of the trip he thought of the phrase “dynamic duos,” as in Batman and Robin.

In this story, though, that meant himself and Ursula, and the Great Northern Railway and Glacier National Park.

“Everything about this trip,” he said.

Photographs by Edward Ribinskas

An eastbound passes the Izaak Walton Inn at Essex, Montana.

A westbound stack train about 8 miles east of West Glacier, Montana.

The eastbound Empire Builder crosses the Midvale trestle. The photograph was made from a balcony at Glacier Park Lodge and is no longer possible because a wind fence has been installed on the bridge.

Nos. 7 and 8 pass in western North Dakota.

Passing through snow sheds 5 and 6.

Taken from the garden of Glacier Park Lodge.

Getting off the train for a few minutes in Minot, North Dakota. The car number shows 2830 but it should be 2730.

The eastbound Empire Builder at Essex, Montana, on Aug. 4, 1991.

 

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