Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Decked out in Christmas lights, Southern Pacific Daylight number 4449 is in its final year (2019) of pulling the Holiday Express at Oaks Park in Portland, Oregon.
Decked out in Christmas lights, Southern Pacific Daylight number 4449 is in its final year (2019) of pulling the Holiday Express at Oaks Park in Portland, Oregon.
![Stevens Pass [BNSFs Scenic Subdivision through the beautiful Cascade Mountains of Washington State]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HFhzpeHz9Ts/mqdefault.jpg "Stevens Pass [BNSFs Scenic Subdivision through the beautiful Cascade Mountains of Washington State]
[Originally released on DVD in 2010]
Stevens Pass stands at an elevation of 4,061 feet above sea-level in the heart of the Pacific Northwests Cascade Mountains. Large granite outcroppings tower above the densely forested landscape creating a cool, wet rainforest on the west and semi-arid country on the east. Weaving through this seemingly impassible barrier is a transcontinental railroad connecting the heartland of America with the Pacific Northwest and the Orient.
BNSF Railway utilizes a historic route carved by John F. Stevens over 100 years ago. A continuous parade of long and heavy trains roll back and fourth over the beautiful terrain on what is fittingly named the Scenic Subdivision. 7idea Productions traveled to the State of Washington in May of 2010 to document current operations over this former route of the Great Northern between Everett and Wenatchee.
Witness long stack trains crossing beautiful mountain streams, heavy grain trains thundering up 2.2% grades with mid and rear-end DPUs plus Amtraks Empire Builder on its daily run between Chicago and Seattle. The highlight of the line is the famous 7.8 mile Cascade Tunnel, the longest in the United States. See how smoke and fumes are flushed out of the tunnel in between trains.
We will recount the 1910 Wellington avalanche which swept two trains off the mountain.
No one ever said mountain railroading was easy and youll see why in STEVENS PASS...BNSF Railways Scenic Sub!
Available on DVD and Blu-ray at 7ideaproductions.com. https://www.7ideaproductions.com/products/stevens-pass?_pos=1&_sid=c11f73b10&_ss=r
0:00 Intro
2:31 Map
3:17 Everett
7:33 Lowell
10:35 Monroe
12:30 Goldbar
16:52 Skykomish River
17:46 Index
19:53 West Baring
22:19 Skykomish
26:23 Foss River Trestle
31:05 Deception Creek
35:40 Scenic
37:00 The Wellington Disaster
38:24 Cascade Tunnel
50:55 Berne
54:27 Gaynor Trestle
1:01:24 White Pine Creek
1:02:18 The Notch
1:07:25 Merritt
1:10:21 Winton
1:12:54 Winton Tunnel
1:14:22 Wenatchee River Bridge
1:16:53 Leavenworth
1:23:27 Peshastin
1:25:20 Dryden
1:29:15 Turkey Shoot Road
1:30:47 Cashmere
1:32:12 Moniter
1:35:21 Wenatchee
1:45:49 Appleyard")
