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I would cross Stevens Pass going to Cle Elm Ranger Station. Also went to the ski area.

What's a wonderful operation

Wouldn't the tunnel ventilate better without a door.....open at both ends for cross ventilation?

1929 👏👏

This is why i clearly dont trust myself going in that tunnel... even on cold days...

What’s the curtain for

Btw, here in Italy we actually used to have a tunnel (called *Galleria dell'Appennino* on the Porrettana railway from Pistoia to Bologna) that used ventilation fans just like the Cascade Tunnel to clear out the fumes from steam locomotives. The only differences were that: 1) If I'm not mistaken, the Galleria dell'Appennino (Apennines Tunnel) didn't have doors unlike the Cascade Tunnel 2) The ventilation fans were steam powered, whilst on the Cascade Tunnel (like other tunnels in North America including Flathead, Moffat and Mount MacDonald) the fans are electric powered The ventilation system is no longer in use since the line was electrified in 1927 More here it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galleria_dell%27Appennino (in Italian)

1:26 why is there a BNSF locomotive hauling an Amtrak train? What happened to that P-42 behind the BNSF locomotive?

I hopped a freight train in the eighties and went through this tunnel. It was the first time in my life I was in complete total darkness.

4:40 holy shit, what a sound! *AWOOOOOOO!!!* ...but the one at 7:50 is even better. *ALAAAAAARM!!* 😁 ANd the blowers take quite long to wind down.

I love this video, and recently visited this spot. I wonder, though: Where is the smoke going?

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So in other words “this tunnel sucks😂😅”

I expected a tunnel that includes some huge elevators lifting or lowering the train to the next level. That is a cascade tunnel. That Cascade Tunnel is just another large tunnel. No special effects. No cascade for trains. What a bummer.

Now I want to go through the Cascade Tunnel!

I mean… it‘s interesting and all, but the obvious solution, electrification, has been implemented in Europe 100+ years ago.

The major rail terminals in NYC are all fed by underground tunnels, and the trains that go in and out of them must be electrically powered. But at times, in the passenger area of Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station,l, I have smelled diesel exhaust - when I reported it to a railroad employee, he said that once in a while a train has to be pushed or pulled into the station by an auxiliary engine, which might be diesel. (And this is probably related to the main tunnel under the Hudson River, which is ridiculously in need of repair after nearly 100 years of operation.)

Is Steve Larson still alive?

Why was that BNSF locomotive pulling an entire Amtrak train at 1:23?

i just hope my taxes aren't paying for this crap

Why does this tunnel have a red & white chequered closing door 🚪?

Yep, this was the fifties--such a different time from today. Back then America and Americans had the self-confidence to believe that they could solve any problem, rather than just sitting and whining and playing with their 'smart' phones. I was born in '55 and certainly wouldn't want to return to that time, but I miss that self-confidence.

I'm surprised they didn't run a chimney Wouldn't be hard run a vacuum in there

0:50 "it is apparently BNSF property" Well, obviously. You're standing right by the track.

Open the blast doors! Open the blast doors!

3rd world... just use electric trains.....

The feeling of seeing Amtrack being towed by BNSF

CLICKBAIT, THIS IS THE EXHAUST PORT FOR ROSIE O'DONNELLS BATHROOM

so electric locomotivs were apparently less efficient than tearing down electric infrastructure, developing, planning, testing and building an entire new ventilation system, then maintaining it and pay for the power it uses... I'm not so sure about that...

All those road runner cartoons finally make sense!

Why close the door? There are not in Japan.

Why would a BNSF locomotive be pulling an AMTRAK train? Particularly since the train already had an AMTRAK engine?

Im curious why electrification wouldn't be a better option

What's the wind pressure inside the tunnel when it's ventilating? Is the door one solid metal plate or multiple? Why do you have to stand back from the gate 50 feet?

Anyone know the kW of those fan motors?

Good audio capture of the fans coming on. I would like to take my field recorder and a shotgun mic up there for some audio samples.

Not gonna lie, it’s cool to see a BNSF train lead an Amtrak train

a question because the tunnel closes, that is, because there is a door that closes?

It is not the longest tunnel in the western US. It is the longest tunnel in the US -- period.

Thank you very much.😊 I like train.

so does anyone have footage of the fans themselves and controls? or is this entire thing autonomous with remote operation

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i will Build Another

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New Zealand has a similar operation for the Otira Tunnel in the Southern Alps

About the doors from wikipedia: as a train enters the west portal of the tunnel, a red-and-white-checkered door closes on the east portal and huge fans blow in cool air through a second portal to help the diesel engines. As long as the train is within the tunnel, the fans work with reduced power to avoid pressure problems. When the train is approximately halfway through the tunnel, the door opens in earnest. Once the train has cleared the tunnel, the door closes again and the fans operate for 20 to 30 minutes with maximum power to clear the tunnel of exhaust before the next train passes through. In the opposite direction, the door opens when the train is within 0.6 miles (1 km).

Hmm ... What does it mean when no lights are lit? Is this site manned?

But why? That gate because of animals?

I thought I saw a nice fat trout down in the stream where the little green bush is... 🤣🤣

Why does it have a door in the first place?