Remarks: A heavy Laurel-Spokane got some on-the-point helpers to assist their climb over Mullan Pass & the Continental Divide out of Helena. The FURX SD40-2/BNSF SD45-2B consist on the train was better suited for the empty grain train they handled a couple days earlier. There's also a PASKCK with on-the-point helpers included...as well as some of the local wildlife!
Can we assume the bears either were a decent distance away and your camera was equipped with a multi-power zoom lens or that they were too engaged in roughhousing to have you for lunch?