I live in the town of Essex, MT with the only
Amtrak flag stop in the nation. They only stop if a passenger has a ticket on or off. It’s on the Hwy adjacent East & West Glacier National Park with the Izaak Walton Inn now Called Loge (Yes spelled Loge called Lodge). Amtrak is our connection to the rest of the country. Mostly between Seattle, Portland and Chicago. I figure the older I get the more I may use the train. Travel by car is getting harder every year. Flying out of our airport in Kalispell is very expensive and limited. There are plans to extend the train to southern Montana but that take years. Since the track is a main freight line passenger trains get to wait and typically late to their destination. So don’t travel Amtrak If it’s time sensitive. You will be late.
