Category:Cascade Tunnel

**Cascade Tunnel**
	railway tunnel(s) in Washington state, USA
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Instance of	railway tunnel;
Location	Washington, Pacific Northwest, Washington, Pacific States Region
Commissioned by	Great Northern Railway;
Operator	Great Northern Railway; Burlington Northern Railroad; BNSF Railway;
Crosses	Cascade Range;
Inception	20 December 1900;
Date of official opening	1929;
Length	4,210 m;
	47° 44′ 33″ N, 121° 04′ 10″ W
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	Q1046880; VIAF ID: 156035138; Library of Congress authority ID: n87870759
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The Cascade Tunnel is at Stevens Pass and cuts through the Cascade Mountains of Washington State for approimately 8 miles. There were two tunnels: the original one was opened in 1900 and was abandoned. The present tunnel, built by the Great Northern Railway and began in 1925, was opened in 1929 and continues to be used for rail traffic.

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This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.

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Cascade Tunnel (1900)‎ (23 F)
Cascade Tunnel (1929)‎ (2 F)

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Trains in Cascade Tunnel‎ (1 F)

Media in category "Cascade Tunnel"

The following 115 files are in this category, out of 115 total.

A Guthrie and Co bosses at Mill Creek shaft, ca 1926 (PICKETT 482).jpg 768 × 607; 106 KB
A Guthrie and Co bosses at the west portal, Scenic, ca 1926 (PICKETT 445).jpg 768 × 615; 133 KB
A Guthrie and Co contractors at the west portal, Scenic, 1926 (PICKETT 391).jpg 768 × 609; 105 KB
A Guthrie and Co office interior, Berne, ca 1928 (PICKETT 989).jpg 768 × 595; 63 KB
A Guthrie and Co superintendents, ca 1928 (PICKETT 676).jpg 768 × 612; 82 KB
A Guthrie and Co workers, Berne, 1926 (PICKETT 395).jpg 768 × 611; 100 KB
A Guthrie Co workers at east portal, Berne, 1926 (PICKETT 387).jpg 768 × 611; 107 KB
American Society of Civil Engineers and families, Scenic, July 17, 1926 (PICKETT 327).jpg 768 × 603; 144 KB
BNSF Scenic-Sub-1700-Cascade-Tunnel.jpg 1,280 × 954; 511 KB
Cascade Tunnel bosses, probably at Scenic, 1926 (PICKETT 438).jpg 768 × 606; 103 KB
Cascade Tunnel construction west portal 1928.JPG 956 × 756; 241 KB
Cascade Tunnel Great Northern Railway illustration.JPG 659 × 407; 98 KB
Cascade Tunnel Stevens Pass.jpg 730 × 390; 150 KB
Cascade Tunnel West Portal at Scenic 1926.JPG 967 × 770; 229 KB
Cascade Tunnel West Portal bosses 1926.JPG 971 × 762; 304 KB
Celebration for the work crew, Berne, October 2, 1926 (PICKETT 392).jpg 768 × 614; 77 KB
Cement swing shift crew that finished the Cascade Tunnel, December 24, 1928 (PICKETT 1156).jpg 768 × 595; 92 KB
Cement work at the west portal, Scenic, November 12, 1926 (PICKETT 409).jpg 477 × 600; 70 KB
Concrete machine and workers inside tunnel, ca 1928 (PICKETT 980).jpg 768 × 595; 85 KB
Concrete train in tunnel, September 30, 1928 (PICKETT 868).jpg 768 × 590; 94 KB
Concrete work at the west portal, Scenic, ca 1926 (PICKETT 410).jpg 478 × 600; 72 KB
Concreting at the east end probably of the Pioneer Tunnel, ca 1928 (PICKETT 968).jpg 768 × 595; 78 KB
Construction at the west portal, Scenic, ca 1927 (PICKETT 548).jpg 768 × 615; 151 KB
Construction bridge at the east portal of the Cascade Tunnel, Berne, March 17, 1926 (PICKETT 275).jpg 768 × 581; 79 KB
Construction camp, west portal of the Cascade Tunnel, Scenic, March 16, 1926 (PICKETT 274).jpg 768 × 604; 124 KB
Construction crew at the west portal, Scenic, August 3, 1926 (PICKETT 314).jpg 768 × 605; 101 KB
Construction crew at west portal, Scenic, July 17, 1926 (PICKETT 315).jpg 768 × 612; 140 KB
Construction vicinity of the Scenic Hotel, June 9, 1927 (PICKETT 608).jpg 768 × 598; 110 KB
Construction work at the west portal, Scenic, ca 1927 (PICKETT 540).jpg 768 × 604; 148 KB
Cooks and kitchen help, A Guthrie and Co camp, Berne, ca 1928 (PICKETT 992).jpg 768 × 595; 90 KB
Cooks and waiters at A Guthrie and Co, west portal, Scenic, August 14, 1926 (PICKETT 398).jpg 768 × 609; 95 KB
Crane at work inside the Cascade Tunnel, ca 1927 (PICKETT 468).jpg 768 × 614; 75 KB
Crew at cross cut 10, Cascade Tunnel, October 3, 1928 (PICKETT 702).jpg 768 × 609; 101 KB
Crew at cross cut 9, ca 1928 (PICKETT 884).jpg 768 × 605; 81 KB
Crew responsible for the breakthrough between the east portal and the Mill Creek shaft, 1927 (PICKETT 448).jpg 768 × 591; 92 KB
Crew that poured the last batch of cement in the Cascade Tunnel, December 24, 1928 (PICKETT 999).jpg 768 × 600; 88 KB
Cross cut 8 and ring drills, Scenic, February 24, 1928 (PICKETT 659).jpg 768 × 612; 101 KB
Diesel engines at the west portal, Scenic, August 2, 1926 (PICKETT 394).jpg 768 × 610; 93 KB
Drilling in the Cascade Tunnel West Portal 1926.JPG 719 × 918; 208 KB
Drilling in the center heading above cross cut 9, February 1, 1928 (PICKETT 685).jpg 768 × 607; 98 KB
Dumping material from tunnel excavation into railway cars, Berne, February 18, 1927 (PICKETT 428).jpg 768 × 592; 56 KB
East Portal Cascade Tunnel 1926.JPG 964 × 756; 239 KB
East portal of Great Northern Railway Cascade Tunnel Berne, May 11, 1926 (PICKETT 303).jpg 768 × 601; 146 KB
East portal of the Cascade Tunnel showing construction camp and bridge, Berne, March 17, 1926 (PICKETT 280).jpg 768 × 604; 127 KB
Eastern Entrance of old Cascade Tunnel.jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 4.47 MB
Electric engines at the new Cascade Tunnel, February 24, 1927 (MOHAI 6474).jpg 700 × 562; 87 KB
Employees and their families posed on mess hall porch at the west portal, Scenic, 1926 (PICKETT 396).jpg 768 × 609; 116 KB
Employees group portrait Berne, May 11, 1926 (PICKETT 299).jpg 768 × 605; 99 KB
Engineers at the breakthrough between the east portal tunnel and Mill Creek shaft, 1927 (PICKETT 911).jpg 768 × 610; 99 KB
First train through new Cascade Tunnel 1929.jpg 768 × 604; 77 KB
Gravel train entering the Cascade Tunnel, December 31, 1928 (PICKETT 1022).jpg 475 × 600; 61 KB
Great Northern officials at Cascade Tunnel 1926.jpg 1,407 × 1,113; 551 KB
Great Northern Railway and A Guthrie and Co officials, 1926 (PICKETT 454).jpg 768 × 632; 119 KB
Great Northern Railway and A. Guthrie Co. officials at the entrance to the Cascade Tunnel, the longest tunnel in America (7.8 miles) (5017555049).jpg 468 × 600; 38 KB
Great Northern Railway and A. Guthrie Co. officials at the entrance to the Cascade Tunnel, the longest tunnel in America (7.8 miles).jpg 768 × 600; 58 KB
Great Northern RR Alignments-Stevens Pass.svg 512 × 263; 17 KB
Headframe positioned over shaft at Mill Creek, May 10, 1926 (PICKETT 354).jpg 768 × 612; 108 KB
Heavy equipment and crew at cross cut 10, ca 1928 (PICKETT 1077).jpg 768 × 602; 77 KB
High voltage transformer and other electric equipment in the Cascade Tunnel, ca 1928 (PICKETT 1383).jpg 768 × 600; 98 KB
Inspectors at the east portal, Berne, ca 1927 (PICKETT 575).jpg 768 × 607; 97 KB
Interior of tunnel showing workers with Ingersoll Rand ring drills, Berne, June 3, 1927 (PICKETT 524).jpg 768 × 609; 78 KB
Last day shift in the Cascade Tunnel, ca 1928 (PICKETT 966).jpg 768 × 595; 83 KB
Last shovel gang in the Cascade Tunnel, December 8, 1928 (PICKETT 889).jpg 768 × 597; 89 KB
Last shovel gang in the Cascade Tunnel.jpg 768 × 597; 89 KB
Last shovel in the Mill Creek end of the tunnel, ca 1928 (PICKETT 958).jpg 768 × 595; 72 KB
Last swing shift in the Cascade Tunnel, December 7, 1928 (PICKETT 1002).jpg 768 × 604; 100 KB
Laying concrete in tunnel interior, Berne, November 9, 1928 (PICKETT 705).jpg 478 × 600; 68 KB
Man train at cross cut 10 in the main bore, Cascade Tunnel, ca 1928 (PICKETT 700).jpg 768 × 612; 104 KB
Marion muncher in the east portal, Berne, March 24, 1928 (PICKETT 672).jpg 768 × 610; 103 KB
Men sharpening drill at the west portal, Scenic, 1926 (PICKETT 399).jpg 768 × 610; 100 KB
Mill Creek dump, April 24, 1928 (PICKETT 678).jpg 768 × 593; 121 KB
Officials inspecting the breakthrough from Berne into Mill Creek shaft, March 4, 1927 (PICKETT 451).jpg 768 × 617; 101 KB
Officials inspecting the tunnel at the west portal, Scenic, ca 1926 (PICKETT 403).jpg 768 × 607; 103 KB
Officials inspecting the west portal, Scenic, 1926 (PICKETT 459).jpg 768 × 597; 97 KB
Officials meeting at the breakthrough between east portal and Mill Creek shaft, 1927 (PICKETT 532).jpg 768 × 614; 85 KB
Opening of new Cascade Tunnel 1929.JPG 976 × 759; 309 KB
Pioneer train dumping into cars in the main tunnel, ca 1928 (PICKETT 1055).jpg 477 × 600; 39 KB
Plowed snow covered street, Berne, February 24, 1927 (PICKETT 429).jpg 768 × 612; 59 KB
Pouring the last batch of concrete in the Cascade Tunnel, December 24, 1928 (PICKETT 1000).jpg 768 × 595; 92 KB
Pouring the last batch of concrete in the Cascade Tunnel, December 24, 1928 (PICKETT 1010).jpg 768 × 595; 87 KB
Railroad cars at the east portal of the Cascade Tunnel, Berne, July 2, 1927 (PICKETT 527).jpg 768 × 605; 96 KB
Railroad cars carrying concrete at the east portal, Berne, ca 1927 (PICKETT 570).jpg 768 × 609; 127 KB
Sand, gravel and cement bunker, Berne, ca 1927 (PICKETT 553).jpg 768 × 608; 60 KB
Setting explosives in the Cascade Tunnel, December 8, 1928 (PICKETT 882).jpg 768 × 603; 76 KB
Snow scene at the east portal, Berne, February 18, 1927 (PICKETT 463).jpg 768 × 589; 107 KB
Straightening the track at the Cascade Tunnel, ca 1928 (PICKETT 979).jpg 768 × 606; 79 KB
Train entering the west portal at Scenic, ca 1927 (PICKETT 420).jpg 768 × 612; 86 KB
Trapping the top heading, Cascade Tunnel, Mill Creek, ca 1928 (PICKETT 898).jpg 768 × 601; 86 KB
Tunnel construction camp at Stevens Pass, February 22, 1927 (MOHAI 6447).jpg 700 × 545; 63 KB
Tunnel construction crew, Berne, August 1927 (PICKETT 544).jpg 768 × 608; 89 KB
Tunnel crew at Camp 11, Chumstick Cutoff, November 11, 1927 (PICKETT 651).jpg 768 × 610; 116 KB
Ventilation system in the Cascade Tunnel, Berne, ca 1927 (PICKETT 476).jpg 768 × 594; 77 KB
View of Cascade Tunnel West Portal and camp 1928.JPG 967 × 772; 256 KB
West portal construction scene, Scenic, ca 1926 (PICKETT 465).jpg 768 × 608; 115 KB
West portal construction, Scenic, July 17 1926 (PICKETT 312).jpg 768 × 605; 136 KB
West portal of the Cascade Tunnel showing construction workers and muck cars, Scenic, March 16, 1926 (PICKETT 281).jpg 768 × 602; 138 KB
Work camp, Berne, February 17, 1927 (PICKETT 416).jpg 768 × 610; 122 KB
Work crew group portrait, Scenic, 1926 (PICKETT 413).jpg 768 × 611; 115 KB
Work crew group portrait, Scenic, November 2, 1926 (PICKETT 411).jpg 768 × 611; 102 KB
Work train in the Cascade tunnel, November 9, 1928 (PICKETT 694).jpg 768 × 608; 104 KB
Work train inside tunnel, December 31, 1928 (PICKETT 981).jpg 472 × 600; 61 KB
Worker driving muck train, Scenic, ca 1926 (PICKETT 407).jpg 768 × 612; 111 KB
Worker's camp at the west portal, Scenic, June 15, 1926 (PICKETT 346).jpg 768 × 610; 99 KB
Workers and muck car in Mill Creek tunnel, 1927 (PICKETT 447).jpg 768 × 599; 100 KB
Workers and muck car in the west portal, ca 1926 (PICKETT 352).jpg 768 × 621; 103 KB
Workers digging rails out of the snow, Berne, February 24, 1927 (PICKETT 455).jpg 768 × 596; 110 KB
Workers drilling in the tunnel, Berne, April 27, 1928 (PICKETT 556).jpg 768 × 609; 111 KB
Workers drilling in tunnel interior, west portal, Scenic, ca 1926 (PICKETT 342).jpg 768 × 621; 94 KB
Workers holding pneumatic drills at Mill Creek shaft, ca 1927 (PICKETT 452).jpg 768 × 614; 84 KB
Workers on man train at cross cut 15, Mill Creek, ca 1928 (PICKETT 928).jpg 768 × 607; 90 KB
Workers operating drills inside tunnel at the west portal, July 16, 1926 (PICKETT 351).jpg 476 × 600; 69 KB
Workers waiting for the train at cross cut 11, Cascade Tunnel, February 24, 1928 (PICKETT 927).jpg 768 × 606; 105 KB
Workers widening center bore with Denver Ring drills, Cascade Tunnel, 1927 (PICKETT 449).jpg 768 × 617; 113 KB
Workers with drills, interior of tunnel at Berne, December 7, 1926 (PICKETT 404).jpg 768 × 607; 93 KB
Workers with Myers-Whaley mucking machine inside tunnel, Scenic, August 18, 1926 (PICKETT 464).jpg 768 × 609; 96 KB

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