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Marias Pass - Railfan's Essential Guide to Marias Pass

    Marias Pass in the Montana Rockies has a long and interesting history.
The Great Northern Railway built through the area in the 1890’s and named many of the locations along the rail line. The list below is a compilation of the Great Northern names and associated mileposts contrasted with the current [2002] Burlington Northern Santa Fe names and mileposts. Through the years many of the locations have had two or three names assigned by the railroad and these names are not to be confused with United States Post Offices along the line. Many times the US Post Office and railroad had conflicting names for the same location. This list only addresses the names used by the railroads.

Below is the;
Marias Pass  GN/BNSF Milepost List
Adobe Acrobat® Version Marias Pass  GN/BNSF Milepost List
Online Version of Marias Pass from Essential Railfan's Guide to Marias Pass
 

HOW TO READ THE LIST:
 The left BLUE column is the actual Great Northern Railway milepost location.
[miles are counted west from St. Paul, Minnesota]

The GREEN column is the current [2002] Burlington Northern Santa Fe milepost location. The BNSF milepost number may vary from the original GN milepost because of line relocations are other reasons – a “railroad mile” may or may not be 5,280’ feet in length, the “miles’ vary either shorter or longer than 5,280 feet to conform with rail location for maintenance purposes, not to specify exact distance locations. [NOTE; many railroads now use a “CP – Control Point” number for location markers as these don’t have to relate to any actual distance]

The PINK column is the list of current names [Black Letters] and locations [Dark Red Italic Letters] between Whitefish, Montana and Browning, Montana, which includes all of Marias Pass. Most of the trackside tunnels, snowsheds and major bridges are listed here.

The PURPLE column on the right lists former names of stations and structures in relation to other station locations along the line. The small font names are former names of stations, the all-larger font capital letter names are locations that still exist, with the locations in bold italics being old Great Northern structures [tunnels, bridges, snowsheds] and their relation to GN and BNSF locations.       

  

The sources in this guide are listed at the end of the chart. For more information on Marias Pass name changes see my Great Northern Railway name change list at www.montanarailroadhistory.info   

Below are links to information concerning Marias Pass: 

                     Great Northern/BNSF Marias Pass Mileposts

GN Milepost

BNSF Milepost

Existing Station Name

Former Station Name

MP 1219.2

MP 1217.5

WHITEFISH

 

MP 1215.0

MP 1212.8

HALF MOON

 

MP 1211.6

MP 1211.6

COLUMBIA FALLS

Columbia

 

 

 

Monaco

MP 1209.6

MP 1208.7

CONKELLY

 

 

MP 1207.6

TUNNEL #5

 

MP 1204.8

 

CORAM BRIDGE

 

MP 1204.5

MP 1203.9

CORAM

Citadel

MP 1202.0

 

 

LAKE FIVE

 

 

 

Miles

MP 1199.0

 

 

Grizzly

 

 

 

Egan

MP 1196.1

MP 1196.1

BELTON

WEST GLACIER

 

MP 1194.5

TUNNEL #4

 

 

 MP 1194.0 TUNNEL #3.9

 

MP 1193.5

 

 

Silvertip

 

 

 

Rockhill

 

MP 1192.5

TUNNEL #3.8

 

 

MP 1191.2

TUNNEL #3.7

 

MP 1191.0

MP 1191.0

OUZEL CREEK BRIDGE

 

MP 1188.6

MP 1188.6

GREAT BEAR CREEK

 

MP 1188.5

 

 

Sheldon

MP 1188.3

MP 1188.3

MOCCASIN CREEK

 

MP 1188.0

MP 1188.0

NYACK

 

MP 1185.8

MP 1185.8

 

RED EAGLE WYE

MP 1185.2

MP 1185.2

RED EAGLE

 

MP 1181.4

MP 1181.4

TWIN BRIDGES

 
MP 1181.2 MP 1181.2

TWIN BRIDGES

 

MP 1180.0

    

Hidden Lake

 

 

 

Garry

MP 1179.1

 

 
Stanton Creek Bridge
MP 1177.6 MP 1177.6

PAOLA

  
MP 1176.7 MP 1176.7

TUNNEL #3

 

MP 1176.5

MP 1176.5

TUNNEL CREEK BRIDGE

 

MP 1176.2

MP 1176.2

TUNNEL #2

 

MP 1174.0

 

 

Pyramid

MP 1173.7

MP 1173.7

PAOLA CREEK BRIDGE

 

MP 1173.2

MP 1173.2

PINNACLE

 

MP 1172.9

MP 1172.9

ESSEX GRAVEL PIT

 

MP 1170.5

MP 1170.5

DICKEY CREEK BRIDGE

 

MP 1169.2

MP 1170.2

ESSEX

Walton

MP 1168.5

MP 1169.5

SNOWSHED #12

 

MP 1166.7

MP 1169.0

SHEEP CREEK BRIDGE

 

 

 

 

Briggs

MP 1165.5

MP 1166.1

JAVA WEST

 

MP 1165.3

MP 1165.3

MIDDLE FORK BRIDGE FLATHEAD BRIDGE

 

MP 1165.2

MP 1165.2

JAVA EAST

Nimrod

MP 1163.8

MP 1163.8

SNOWSHED #11

 

MP 1163.4

MP 1163.4

SNOWSHED #10.7

 

MP 1162.8

MP 1162.8

SNOWSHED #10

 

MP 1161.4

MP 1161.4

SNOWSHED #9

 

MP 1161.0

MP 1161.0

SNOWSHED #8

 

MP 1161.0

MP 1161.0

SINGLESHOT

Highgate

MP 1160.5

MP 1160.5

SNOWSHED #7 & 7A

 

MP 1160.3

 

 
Tunnel #1.5

 

 

 

Windy Point

MP 1159.9

MP 1159.9

SNOWSHED #5 & 6

 

MP 1159.7

MP 1159.7

SNOWSHED #4D

 

MP 1159.4

 

 
Snowshed #4C

MP 1158.5

 

 
Tunnel #1

MP 1157.6

MP 1157.6

BLACKTAIL

Fielding

MP 1152.2

MP 1152.2

MARIAS

Skyland

MP 1149.8

MP 1149.8

SUMMIT

 

MP 1149.0

    

Pike

MP 1145.0