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  1. Cascade Summit - August 1998

    Cascade Summit - August 1998

    Rear end helpers on the UP 9330 South emerge from the tunnel in cloud of black smokeCanon EOS-10s 35mm, Kodacolor print, scanned on an HP flatbed scanner
  2. Cascade Summit - August 1998

    Cascade Summit - August 1998

    UP 9330 South has nearly crested the grade at Cascade Summit, as the rear end pushers are framed by the signals in a haze of diesel exhaust.Canon EOS-10s 35mm, Kodacolor print, scanned on an HP flatbed scanner
  3. Oakridge, OR

    Oakridge, OR

    A heavy southbound manifest accelerates out of Oakridge, OR, after a brief stop.
  4. Fields, OR

    Fields, OR

    A heavy southbound manifest climbs the 1.8% percent grade at Fields, OR, heading towards Cascade Summit. The smoking trailing unit is an older 3-window cab SD60M, rare to see anything but ES44AC's or SD70M's on this line.
  5. Union Pacific in Oregon

    Union Pacific in Oregon

    Cascade Locks
  6. Good ol' Casacade Green

    Good ol' Casacade Green

    An ex.BN whiteface SD60M on a BNSF manifest at Helena, Mt
  7. UP 5958 East

    UP 5958 East

    UP 5958 leads an eastbound freight at Cascade Locks, Oregon in February 2008.
  8. Run around at Scenic with Amtrak Empire Builder.

    Run around at Scenic with Amtrak Empire Builder.

    Amtrak #8 (Eastbound Empire Builder) is running around the M-EVESPO at Scenic, Washington. With a few westbounds of higher priority on the east side of the tunnel, the EVESPO (Manifest, Everett, Wash. to Spokane, Wash.) is going to sit for a while at Scenic while the dispatcher runs trains...
  9. UP #4068 East.

    UP #4068 East.

    UP #4068 is slowing down for a slow order at the yard in The Dalles, Oregon. The 3rd unit is the Olympic unit #2001. This manifest train is headed for Hinkle, Ore due to the closure of the Cascade Subdivision south of Oakridge, Ore. This train would take the long way to Roseville via Salt...
  10. Amtrak at 30/1 of a second

    Amtrak at 30/1 of a second

    This 30 second exposure tells the story of a 40mph Empire builder heading into the Cascade Tunnel at Scenic.
  11. Autorack Attack!

    Autorack Attack!

    A bunch of autoracks make an interesting pallate for the camera as it snakes its way out of the tunnel and down the grade.
  12. Cloudy Weather

    Cloudy Weather

    BNSF 4422 prepares to head into the 7.8 mile long Cascade Tunnel at Berne.
  13. Poking Out

    Poking Out

    A westbound intermodal train, in front of all the soot that will soon come out of the west portal of the Cascade Tunnel.
  14. Gevo in the Sun

    Gevo in the Sun

    An eastbound ES44DC waits for the Cascade Tunnel to clear after a westbound stack train traveled through it.
  15. Diamond Creek Fill

    Diamond Creek Fill

    A mixed freight slowly makes its way toward Cascade Summit on the UP Pengra Pass.
  16. East Scenic winter wonderland

    East Scenic winter wonderland

    BNSF 5402 with an eastbound "Z" slows and eventually stops to await the completion of the Cascade Tunnel Flush.Exhaust from an earlier eastbound needs to be cleared before this train gets the alternate flashing white lights which indicates permission to enter the tunnel.The crew gets a...
  17. Twas scenic in the Scenic area today

    Twas scenic in the Scenic area today

    BNSF 5402 with an eastbound Z approaches the Cascade Tunnel on its way east.
  18. Exiting Cascade Tunnel

    Exiting Cascade Tunnel

    Lead by BNSF 7782, along with a former SF and BN locomotives, a four unit stack train drifts downgrade after exiting the 7.8 mile Cascade Tunnel. This train would make a stop at Skykomish to discharge an unwanted passenger!
  19. It's Still Bright!

    It's Still Bright!

    BNSF #7686 leads an intermodal out of the Cascade Tunnel, but with a slightly different appearence, going from bright orange to a somewhat bright green!
  20. UP 580 North at Crescent Lake

    UP 580 North at Crescent Lake

    On December 14, 2000 UP 580 and flanger SPMW 329 have just turned on the wye at Crescent Lake, Oregon, and are headed back north to Oakridge.


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