With dynamic brakes howling BN 6473 West exits the West Portal of Cascade Tunnel at Scenic as the crew sees daylight for the first time since entering the bore on the east side of the Cascade Ran... (more)
The Fires of Hell: The Z-CHCSSE9, one of the hottest trains on BNSF's Northern Transcon, seems to have set the inside of Cascade Tunnel aglow from its passage. In truth, the train's headli... (more)
For the past 20 minutes, we've been watching a tiny speck of light, some 7 miles away, gradually grow into a beacon illuminating the last of the exhaust still billowing out of the west portal of t... (more)
The FRED light of the westbound train has faded out of sight, just past the eastbound in the hole nearly a mile a way. Behind me, the exhaust is still billowing out of the west portal of the Cas... (more)
Winter has arrived! The season's first snow covers the whole world on a beautiful morning in the Cascades. The early Z is departing Scenic after meeting a westbound stack train; just a few... (more)