The daily westbound Spokane - Everett mixed freight passes the old GN signal bridge, and is within three miles of the Cascade summit and tunnel.

It was worth the wait, after hiking nearly the length of Berne Siding scouting locations on a day of scant rail traffic I settled on this spot above the Berne signal bridge. The last train to pas... (more)

After an afternoon rain shower a V train follows an earlier stacker up the hill within about 20 minutes of each other. A surprise for me is BC Rail DASH 8-40CM #4605 as the number two unit.

After losing comm on the mid train and rear DPUs and sitting at Winton for several hours, this loaded grainer finally is on the move up the hill again. A cloud of smoke accompanies the 4991's exi... (more)