Jayme Miller takes a photo of John and Kerry Loewen in front of the Amtrak Exhibit Train that was on display in Whitefish on Aug. 15 and 16. The five-car train is led by an histoic diesel locomotive and features aritacts from Amtrak’s 44-year history. The train travels the country and makes stops like this one about two dozen times a year. Amtrak spokesperson Rob Eaton said the railroad wanted to bring the train to Whitefish this summer to thank the community for supporting the Empire Builder. “We want to reinforce our commitment to this community,” he said. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon.

Erica Smith lines up outside the Flathead High School auditorum just before graduation. – Justin Franz/Flathead Beacon

Andy Nelson and Micheal Donahau, attoneys for Jordan Graham, speak to the media Thursday, March 27, 2014, after their client was given 30 years in prison for murdering her husband of eight days in Glacier National Park last summer. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon

Jake Bertelsen works on a tattoo on Andrea Briggs on June 25, 2015. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon

Firefighters from Smith Valley, Marion and the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation responded to a small fire near Ashley Lake on June 24. The blaze burned about a tenth of an acre, according to Smith Valley Chief D.C. Haas. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon

Rep. Ryan Zinke tours the shuttered Columbia Falls Aluminum Company on Feb. 16. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon

Sherri Camperchioli takes a passenger’s photo at the intersection of the Camas and North Fork roads. Of the 35 Red Buses built for Glacier National Park, 33 operate today. One was preserved in its original condition by the National Park Service and another, No. 100, was lost in an accident. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon.

Steve Taylor, head mechanic at the East Glacier shop, takes a moment to great the shop dog, 11-year-old Mabel. In the background, two of the 33 operational Red Buses sits awaiting repairs. – Justin Franz/Flathead Beacon

Maggie Voisin was welcomed home to Whitefish on March 7, 2018 with a firetruck ride through downtown after competing at the Winter Olympics. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon

Pauline Morey, center, slides down a snowfield at Logan Pass on the first day all 50 miles of the Going-to-the-Sun Road were open. Morey was traveling from Ireland with a group of friends. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon.

Two Red Buses sit at the ready in East Glacier. The iconic buses will start rolling through the part in late May. – Justin Franz/Flathead Beacon

Mike Foote broke the world record for most vertical feet skied in a 24 hour period at Whitefish Mountain Resort on March 17 and 18, 2018. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon

Michael Rutherford, left, and Brady Martinez haul a large rainbow trout from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Park trucks to the Dry Bridge Pond in Kalispell. – Justin Franz/Flathead Beacon

Plowing the Going-to-the-Sun Road.

Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” sits in the rain on the tarmack at Glacier Park International Airport on the afternoon of June 26. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell visits the Blackfeet Indian Reservation on May 3, 2016. During her visit she toured facilities that are operated by the Department of Interior, including the jail in Browning. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon

Class Dismissed: Flathead High School’s class of 2012 throws their caps into the air during the Friday graduation ceremony in Kalispell. – Justin Franz/Flathead Beacon

Shawn Finley, left, rides a flyboard on Whitefish Lake. The board is propelled with water from a Jet Ski. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon.

Bob Moore, right, shows visitors the B-25J Mitchell bomber on the afternoon of Aug. 3 at the Glacier Jet Center. – Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon

Ryan Bundy, Paradise, Montana

A Red Bus passes a group of modern buses used by Glacier National Park to move hikers and vistors throughout the park, as well as reduce traffic on the Going-to-the-Sun Road. During the off-season, the buses are used by Eagle Transit in the Flathead Valley. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon.

A wildfire burns along the North Fork of the Flathead River on June 27, 2015. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon

A fire burns at the Flathead County landfill on May 10, 2015. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon.

Jake Bertelsen works on a tattoo on Andrea Briggs on June 25, 2015. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon

BNSF Railway employees work through the night Friday, after an eastbound freight train derailed near West Glacier early that morning. – Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon

Ron Carter, left, and Jay Matthews discuss the restoration of J. Neils Lumber Co. steam locomotive number 4 on a recent Saturday morning. After being on display for nearly 50 years, the engine built in 1906 by the Lima Locomotive Works is currently being restored to operation. – Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell visited the Blackfeet Indian Reservation on May 3, 2016. During a ceremony in Browning, Blackfeet Chief Earl Old Person, right, gave Jewell, left, a Blackfeet name, “Far Away Woman.” Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon

Chad Scheschy, left, helps Donovan Leskovec unload a bag of potatos at the Northwest Montana Veteran’s Food Pantry in Evergreen on Nov. 14. – Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon.

Cars pass the Weeping Wall on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, hours after the iconic road over Logan Pass was opened for the 2013 season. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon.

Northern Lights, Glacier Park