drivers became affectionately known as "Gear Jammers" or simply "Jammers" since they had to jam the manual gearbox into low to safely negotiate the steepest road sections. Thirty-three of the original buses were rebuilt with flexible-fuel engines which operate mainly on propane but can use gasoline, and with automatic transmissions, making the Jammer name archaic. Modern-style shuttle buses for shorter trips and Blackfeet tour buses operate on the road as well. References in popular culture Going-to-the-Sun Road is shown in the opening credits of the 1980 film The Shining, as aerial flybys of Wild Goose Island and the protagonist's car traveling along the north shore of Saint Mary Lake, through the East Side tunnel and onward, going to a mountain resort hotel for his job interview as a winter caretaker. The road is also seen briefly in the 1994 film Forrest Gump. As Forrest reminisces with Jenny he remembers running across the U.S. and remarks, "Like that mountain lake. It was so clear, Jenny. It looked like there were two skies, one on top of the other." The shots in the background are Going-to-the-Sun Road and Saint Mary Lake. The road is the subject of the song "Going-to-the-Sun Road" by Fleet Foxes, featured on their 2020 album Shore. See also Major points of interest along the road from west-to-east include: Lake McDonald Trail of the Cedars Heavens Peak Bird Woman Falls Garden Wall / Weeping Wall Logan Pass Clements Mountain Mount Jackson / Glacier Going-to-the-Sun Mountain Rising Sun Saint Mary Lake References Further reading Spokesman-Review article (Spokane, Washington) Eugene Register-Guard article (Eugene, Oregon) Ocala Star-Banner article (Ocala, Florida) External links Glacier National Park official website Going-to-the-Sun-Road Information and Transit System Current road status Going-to-the-Sun Road: A Model of Landscape Engineering Visit Montana - Going-to-the-Sun Road Great Falls Tribune: Glacier National Park centennial timeline Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation, filed under West Glacier, Flathead County, MT: Transportation in Flathead County, Montana Transportation in Glacier County, Montana National Register of Historic Places in Glacier National Park Roads on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana National Historic Landmarks in Montana Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks Protected areas of Flathead County, Montana Protected areas of Glacier County, Montana Historic American Engineering Record in Montana History of the Rocky Mountains National Register of Historic Places in Flathead County, Montana National Register of Historic Places in Glacier County, Montana 1933 establishments in Montana Glacier