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.

Leading a stack train, BNSF 5702 emerges into the sunlight after traversing the 7.8 mile long Cascade Tunnel on BNSF's Scenic Subdivision. A fan air intake can be seen on the far left of the photo... (more)

Working up the eastern flank of Stevens Pass.

BNSF 6925, a ES44C4 leads a westbound Z train under the high tension power lines at West Berne, about a mile from the 7.6 mile-long Cascade Tunnel.

Richard Beal photo Storming out of the east portal of Cascade Tunnel, BN stacks show off their muscle behind a tiger striped GP50 and 3 SD40-2's

11:15pm: With an eastbound train nearing the summit of Cascade Tunnel, the ventilation fan at the east portal has shut off and the door opened. Silence lays heavy over the east slopes of... (more)

For the past 20 or 30 minutes, the exhaust fans have been howling and red/white checkered door has been closed. A strobe over the door starts flashing and it's show time. The door slowly opens a... (more)

Down the Dragons Throat All the noise from this eastbound train is directed out of the tunnel portal and shakes your body like the grand finally of a fireworks show on the 4th of July. Head... (more)

It's been a while since I've had a photo I considered perfect right off the bat. For some reason everything came together for the afternoon Z train. Nice sun, clean units, and a signal bridge! Not... (more)

The Cascade Tunnel spits out another train. Vehicle trains (Autoracks) make for a nice even canvas to paint some light on and this one worked out nicely. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: n/a
Location: Berne, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: n/a
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: January 23, 2009

Thanks to some high tech info courtesy of David Honan (a new RP contributor) and his ATCS setup, we knew this train h... (more)

Lightly gliding out of the Cascade Tunnel, 4 motors on an empty coal train. Two on the front, two shoving up the rear.

BNSF 9164 looks like it may have a little stage fright coming out of the Cascade Tunnel.