New BNSF GE 3959 leads a Q train upgrade at Berne, WA as it curves to head into the east portal of the Cascade Tunnel. The top of the grade on Stevens Pass is just inside the east end of the tunne... (more)

Six locomotives up front on this stack train pull through the east switch and past the DED and bungalow at Berne, Washington. They are within a couple miles of attaining the crest of the pass at ... (more)

Head end of the westbound SLPCTAC122E, just moving through the 674' long Gaynor tunnel. 2½ miles uphill from here is the East Portal of the 8 mile long Cascade Tunnel. RWS and I snowshoed into t... (more)

Eastbound stack train coasts downgrade along Nason Creek in the Cascade Mountains east of Stevens Pass, Washington. This remote location was accessed via snowshoes.

A Morrison-Knudsen leased SD40-2 heads up a westbound BN stack train crossing Nason Creek trestle near Gaynor Tunnel just east of the east switch for Berne siding. Berne siding is just east of the... (more)

Eastbound and down, following the Nason Creek valley at Gaynor below Stevens Pass.

BN 6928 exits the Cascade Tunnel on the point of an intermodal train headed east from Seattle, WA. The train is just cresting Stevens Pass and will start descending toward Merritt, WA where the gr... (more)

A rare treat these days on Stevens Pass, BNSF 5000 lead a Spokane-Everett manifest up the grade to the east portal of the Cascade Tunnel at Berne, WA. Typical there will be no more than one manife... (more)

BNSF 6932 heads up an eastbound stack train descending Stevens Pass at the east switch of Berne, WA, MP 1697. The train is passing under a rare former Great Northern signal bridge. Two DPUs bring ... (more)

A beat up trio of BNSF/ATSF power roll a vehicle train past the East Berne signal on an otherwise beautiful late summer day in the Cascades. For those who love PR shots, this is the ultimate insul... (more)

A Boeing 737 fuselage takes a ride on the railroad. Before they ever fly, Boeing 737s make their first trip by rail, including a ride through the Cascade Tunnel on Stevens Pass in Washington state... (more)

Amtrak No. 8, the eastbound Empire Builder crosses Gaynor trestle over Nason Creek at MP 1696 near Berne, WA. This train had two units, a deadhead Superliner car and four private cars on the rear.

BNSF 4469 crests Stevens Pass and exits the Cascade Tunnel with a South Seattle-Chicago Q train. The "new" Cascade Tunnel opened in 1929 has been in service for 85 years, and was electri... (more)

BNSF 7064 has been cooling it's heels in Skykomish while a workcrew keeps the Cascade Tunnel in tip top shape. Now after a 4 hour work window has passed and a nearly hour long trip from Skykomish... (more)

BNSF 7281 leads an eastbound stack train over Nason Creek and out of the 7.8-mile long Cascade Tunnel, the longest in the United States.