BN 6394, a former GN SDP40, leads an eastbound freight out of the Cascade Tunnel in March 1975. At this time the Cascade Tunnel was the longest in the Western Hemisphere at just under 8 miles in l... (more)

BN 6542 leads a westbound freight up Stevens Pass at the west end of Berne siding about a mile east of the Cascade Tunnel. It will top the grade just inside the east portal of the tunnel and begin... (more)

Great Northern F3A 351A leads the three car #6 the Seattle-Spokane Cascadian at Berne, Washington on June 2, 1958. Photo by Montague Powell, from my collection.

Night falls while I patiently wait at the Eastbound control signal at Berne. As the sky begins to clear and the stars start to pop out I finally see the signals light up and begin to hear the soun... (more)

BN 8133 leads a mix of EMD & GE power up the east side of Stevens Pass at the east end of Berne siding, the last passing siding prior to entering the Cascade Tunnel. The heavy train has helpers as... (more)

An eastbound BNSF baretable train is about to enter Cascade Tunnel at Scenic, WA. A former Santa Fe SD40-2 and former CNW SD50 lead the train.

BNSF 9202 exits the Cascade Tunnel with two sisters and a C44-9W on an eastbound Z train. It was a treat to see the EMDs outnumbering GEs on this type of train in the Stevens Pass area.

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 ... (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)