Fall color is in full tilt on top of Snoqualmie Pass in Washington state as MILW 177 exits Snoqualmie Tunnel after making its eastbound climb up from Cedar Falls, WA. The train will continue to Ot... (more)

Milwaukee Road no. 25 fights heavy snowfall on top of Snoqualmie Pass at Hyak, WA as it is about to duck its westbound freight into Snoqualmie Tunnel, a 2.2 mile trip under the top of the Cascades... (more)

Slave master SD40-2, MILW 22, replete with icicle breakers leads scheduled freight 202 east along Hyak siding, just east of Snoqualmie Pass tunnel and summit. The train is en route from Tacoma, WA... (more)

Milwaukee road Extra 21 East bends around a curve at Hyak, Washington powered by a quartet of SD40-2s. Nos. 21 and 22 are equipped with icicle breakers for knocking down icicles in tunnels to prot... (more)

Extra 21 East has just emerged from Snoqualmie Tunnel at Hyak, summit of the Cascades (2562'). Note poor condition of the siding, still in daily use. That's the Hyak substation in the background, ... (more)

Snoqualmie Tunnel in the Cascade Mountains of Washington was completed in 1914. It served the Milwaukee Road for 66 years hosting everything from the Olympian Hiawatha to the "Dead Freights" of th... (more)