Taken from our 2015 release "Through the Oregon Cascades Part 1," follow UP trains as they climb through remote tunnels and snow sheds to the summit of the Cascade Range.
The Cascade Mountains of western Oregon are thick with tall timber growing along steep slopes broken by waterfalls and streams. This is the setting for a mountain railroad that climbs from deep within the Willamette Valley to nearly 5,000 feet above sea level at Cascade Summit.
Part 2: The Long Grade, continues into the rugged remote back country between Wicopee and Cascade Summit. A forty mile 1.8% grade between Oakridge and Cascade Summit puts UP’s newest locomotives to the test and keeps train crews on their toes. The line wraps around horse shoe curves, crosses trestles, and disappears through numerous rock sheds and tunnels before reaching the top of the pass.
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0:00 Intro
0:30 Wicopee
12:22 The Slide
16:11 Fields
18:53 2008 Frazier Slide
26:36 Tunnel 13
29:23 Rock Shed 12
33:56 Tunnel 11
38:11 Tunnel 7
43:56 Tunnel 6
46:21 Cruzatte
54:02 Tunnel 5
58:24 Diamond Creek Fill
1:03:06 Abernethy
1:05:38 Tunnel 3
1:14:16 Cascade Summit