Winter on Stevens Pass
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
- Great Northern’s historic crossing of Stevens Pass has never been easy. The first two months of 2020 proved particularly harsh as “Old Man Winter” relentlessly pounded BNSF’s Scenic Subdivision with a barrage of winter storms. This provided the perfect setting for capturing trains in punishing arctic conditions.
On the west side, we will visit Skykomish, which lies at the base of the mountain grade. From here, trains dig in for the 2.2% climb across the Foss River Trestle, over the icy waters of Deception Creek, and into Scenic and the west bore of the 7.8-mile-long Cascade Tunnel.
On the east side, trains emerge back into the wintry setting at the east portal of the Cascade Tunnel. From Berne, it’s a stiff 2.2% descending grade to Merritt and Winton as the railroad navigates the foothills of the Cascades. Leaving the snow zone behind, we will tour the former railroad town of Leavenworth, which has been transformed into a Bavarian village decorated in Christmas lights for most of the winter. Bundle up and get ready for a chilling railroad adventure!
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0:00 Intro
3:29 Map
6:31 Index
10:22 Baring
11:33 South Fork Skykomish River
12:57 Miller River
14:29 Skykomish
30:12 Gold Bar
35:06 East Skykomish
39:01 Foss River Trestle
49:11 Deception Creek
52:13 Scenic
59:13 West Portal Cascade Tunnel
09:49 East Portal Cascade Tunnel
1:15:17 The Slot (Nason Creek Bridge)
1:17:07 Merritt
1:24:19 Nason Creek
1:25:40 Winton
1:27:26 Tumwater Dam
1:28:23 Wenatchee River Bridge
1:34:27 Leavenworth - Авто та транспорт
I was conductor for BNSF on this subdivision based out of Seattle. It's beautiful country
These are the best railroad videos on UA-cam. Great work, love the historical information. The work and time you put in to get some of the shots is amazing.
I write this comment from New Delhi. Whenever I watch these videos, I'm literally glued to the screen of my phone. I don't know, if I will ever visit these locations. I, though, give thumbs up many times to the Presenter - very crisp & clear voice - and videography...extremely mesmerizing. It actually reflects the hard work put into making these presentations. 😊
Thank you!
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great video gram, but deserves more than just singular presentation on YT it should be edited on National Geographic magazine. To the author, thank you Sir, very nice presentation.
I love it! Your willingness to tromp through snow and ice and get wet gave us amazing scenes. That video of Skykomish with the power outage is really eerie. I frequently watch the VR camera at Sky and really enjoy the scene.
Man talk about perfect timing. Here I sit inside a cabin deep in the mountains of Idaho. 200mbps starlink connection and I’m watching this masterpiece as the snow outside piles up.
7idea Productions are definitely the best producers of incredibly beautiful, insightful and creative train videos on the planet. Somehow, I believe your business involves doing other types of videos besides the train videos? I realize that this one was added to your channel four months ago, and this is the first comment I’ve made on it even though I’ve watched it three times. I guarantee you I will watch it again in the future, just as I will all your other videos. Thank you so much.
Beautiful Video. Snow, Mountains, Trains, Bavarian Village and superb narration. Thank you for producing and sharing this.
super great video sir ❤❤❤❤
Thanks for that incredible fantastic video. I like it. Thanks a lot.
Wow words can't describe how amazing how much footage you and your team has captured. Outstanding job and keep up with the hard work.
Huge thank you to all involved in the making of the film for baring the cold for our entertainment! Incredible film
Loving these videos! This is top-notch material and narration!
i dont` comment on many vids.... but this one i will, absolutely beautiful! thank you.
Thank you!
I own a majority of your Blu-Ray videos Aaron and I absolutely love them. Thank you for sharing some of them on here...I sure hope it helps entice new customers to purchase them.
Having driven over Stevens at least a hundred times, this beautiful winter view of the rail operations leaves me flabbergasted. Great video and great subject. Thank you!
Very well done. I live about a half mile from the Scenic Sub and hear them hugging Puget Sound all night long. It absolutely is beautiful up along The Sky.
Beautiful!! Love watching these videos and winding down on a cold winter's night. Leaves one yearning for a good ole railroad trip through the Pacific Northwest. And this one named after John Frank Stevens, the chief engineer of the Panama Canal under Teddy Roosevelt from 1905-1907 :) Stevens should get more notoriety, incredible man in his own right! An American legend indeed!
Thank you did not know that. 😂
There is a statue honoring Stevens on Marias Pass in Montana. Looking at those rugged mountains you would never think anyone could build a railroad there.
@@7ideaproductions yes absolutely! There's a very good book on Stevens by a Cliff Foust, the man was super tough fellow. A rare breed. He usually went scouting with a Native American guide, and would often go by himself, in conditions so cold on occasion he couldn't sleep, and was forced to tramp back and forth the entire night just in order to survive. When he visited Sagamore Hill, the home of President Roosevelt in 1905 before leaving for Panama, his stories impressed TR so much, they hit it off, and enforced his hiring as Chief Engineer. They certainly had in common "The Strenuous Life".
Used to go from Sacramento to East glacier park every summer for 12 years via amtrak. Used to watch EB trains come out of marias pass from glacier park lodge. We got the Oregon cascades, the Columbia River Gorge, and Montana, our final morning on the train. @7ideaproductions
@7ideaproductions Yes sir I best Trains World a better place thank you UA-camrs.😊
Excellent videography, content, and narration! Thanks to all who worked on this masterpiece!
Watching this excellent video in sunny, flat Western Australia it’s like visiting a different planet. Great stuff
I LOVE your videos...I have purchased several DVDs over the years and it's nice to also have access via youtube...I can watch these videos for days on end!
I bloomin loved this, great scenery, great trains, excellent videography and commentary.... five stars
This was kind of long for me to watch,But once I started I could not turn it off, This was the best footage I've ever seen, Love the Skykomish area with the snow and mountains. And be it drone or auto the filming and clarity was the best. I'll be subing ,Thank you for posting.
Winter of 2024 is proving to be much like this one was in 2020.
Or 2018
Or 2023
Actually it didn’t turn out that bad
Thanks, Top Video👍
Always great. Many thanks.
Great. Thanks for Skykomish and surroundings. 🙂Yellow and green snow dozers in Scenic.. 1:03:40
Beautiful scenery, nature's best
The quality of these videos is outstanding. Great work!
Great footage from a beautiful scenic country. Jaw-dropping winter operations. Thank you so much for sharing these impressions. Cheers, Roland
Thank you for posting! Loved to Railfan from Lowell to the Cascade tunnel portal when I lived in Washington. Skykpmish, Foss River trestle, and the tunnel were the favorite spots to watch. Would like to share that there is a Skykomish railcam here on UA-cam.
Can't beat mountain railroading!
Milwaukee Road rules! ✊🏻😉
Gotta Love Stevens Pass
12 minutes into this video I had to stop watching it. It's way too beautiful to watch on my phone, I'll have to see this on a big screen!
Great video. I hate the snow but love the snow scenes. Thanks for making and sharing.
The production value of the videos on this channel are astounding! The voice-overs, sound design... impeccable! I can only imagine what the EDL looks like. I feel if one were to watch, REALLY watch a video or two from this channel every week and study those videos, you could probably skip quite a few classes of "film school".
GREAT WORK and thanks!!!
Wow, that's dedication. Incredible shots.
VERY PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION. GREAT ANNOUNCING. 👍👍👍👍👍
The sheer volume of snow that gets dumped on that line east of Skykomish never ceases to amaze me. BNSF once had a giant measuring stick on the west end of the tunnel for measuring snow depth, and went up to 12 FEET in height.
Top shelf content. The sound design takes it to the next level.
I ran across your channel a couple months ago and man I am glad I did. You have been spot on for us here in the MidSouth. Thank you so much for the great work.
beautiful vid sir, thank you - I was up right there at the Heybrook ridge and tower just a few weeks ago
Good Job Sir.😊
End Happy Railroad.
Your winter films are my favourite❤❤❤!!!
What beautiful views! Great. Thanks!
You surely spent a lot of time out in the bad weather to make this excellent video. Thank you.
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. Enjoying this presentation from the warmth/ comfort of my computer room. Along the " Space Coast " 🚀 of Florida🐊. ( 2-18-24 ) Wishing viewers/train 🚂 employees a safe/healthy/prosperous ( 2024 )🌈🎉😉
29:52 That's funny, I was going to ask if railroad employees ever see Bigfoot. I always liked the green BN locomotives as a kid and imagined how cool they must have looked rolling through the mountains.
Thanks for the video!
Wonderful video. The scenery is spectacular!
Wow! Awesome video!! Keep em coming 🚂🚃🚃🚃
Your narration voice is excellent and easy to listen to. You would make a great radio or TV broadcaster.
Amazing video. You guys really battled some extreme weather to get some great shots!
Awesome Video. Great Job done!
This was well done. Thank you.
Nice, live in the Okanogan Highlands and I’ve hit -22.2 and it’s still dropping
I love watching trains moving through snowy landscapes.
On my computer.
In Florida.
Fantastic, outstanding video!
Very Great Video, Regards from Germany 🇩🇪.
Beautiful
Great weather great video; I could listen to this guy telling me about variations in cotton ball diameters👍
Awesome job!! You did a great job on restoring those.
Amazing, here in the UK if we have an inch of snow on the railway, all comes to a stop.
I like train videos on UA-cam 👍
I love watching trains in the snow... not sure why that is
It's very heavy snowfall and also dangerous, neverthe less the Freight- and eventuell the Passenger trains tireless 🚂🚂🚂🚃🚃🚃😏👍
I’m doing this next December...I’ve ridden SEA-CHI 3x in the spring, summer & fall... It’s time to earn that “black bandana” 🤫. All you need is Boost Oxygen
Great Vid Great Job / though so many commercials also ruin it.
That is some strange-looking track at 33:55!
What audio/video equipment are you using to capture these great videos?
That was shot on a Panasonic AG-CX350 with an Audio Technica stereo shotgun mic. Drone was a Mavic 2 Pro. Thanks for the question!
I don't know whether or not those are of high quality or not; but they do tend to have that appearance.
Stevens Pass, beautifully dangerous.
Is there a chance that this is a reupload? Im sure ive already seen this video already. But still, great work
Huzzah!!
Yeah.
Did the Great Northern have a Depot at Scenic under the Highway 2 bridge until the 1970 Merger?
nice to see a caboose .
how do you find all this information on the trains and their destinations?
Have yall visited Stampede Pass?
PAINT THE BRIDGE....?
The North Fork Bridge at Skykomish, (7:50), looks like it could do with some serious TLC.
It must surely be false economy in the long term to neglect painting bridges such as this. With rainfall at the levels they are in The Cascades, metal stuff going rusty must be pretty much the norm.
This bridge will be good old fashioned American Steel.....so of a quality not around these days.
Here in the UK The Forth Bridge, carrying the railway north over the Firth of Forth, north of Edinburgh in Scotland, was always painted on a regular basis to protect it from corrosion. The standard line that almost every schoolboy knew growing up was that when they reached the end of painting the bridge they then started all over again at the other end.
Some years back they decided that the bridge could be given a 'maintenance holiday' for a while, which was obviously a money-saving exercise.
The wiser and seasoned workers, who worked on the bridge, (whose fathers and grandfathers had also worked on it), said this would be a false ecomony, but they were ignored.
An so it came to pass that the years of neglect resulted in the bridge needing very extensive....and expensive.....repairs. We have now been told that the special paint now covering it will protect it for decades. Granted The Forth Bridge is in a more corrosive environment, (salty sea air), something which the North Fork Bridge is not, but the principle of protecting steel from corrosion by painting it remains the same.
James Hennighan
Yorkshire, England
P.S.
As for The Forth Bridge being protected for decades with its new coats of paint....?
Well, we'll just have to wait and see if that happens.
Presuming, of course, that we all live long enough...
Bigfoot sightings in the area..😊.
Please add the Metric units for the rest of the world. Thanks in advance.
I have taken this train countless times. If it derails it goes down a steep steep Mountain side
Driver @17:26 sliding around 😂@41:23 Anger no assing, 1728.2
@ 30:18 *...and one doe.
Ad free would be better.
Four year old video!! How about some new stuff??
7:30 I thought he was gonna say it became a hotel for prostitutes.