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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
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
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.
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...
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...
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...
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!
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!