The Abandoned Western Cascade Mountain Railroad Tunnels: 1910 Wellington Avalanche
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (556 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B017POVGFG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 593 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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John O'Neill said Poor choice. This book is very abbreviated and short on details. The photos are largely uncaptioned and repetitive. Very disappointed in it.. Iron Horse Trail Tunnels Hiked on the old Great Northern RR roadbed up there and visited the tunnels once. Book is a great supplement to that hike and can be used as a guide for a future hike. History This book has a brief description of the. Wellington avalanche that killed almost 100 people. The photographs help visualize the disaster.
He is a 1979 Business Administration graduate from Azusa Pacific University in the Los Angeles area. His company operations have included sports apparel exporting, travel and tour operations, wine brokering, publishing, rare book and collectibles reselling. . He concentrated on his painting and sculptural work while restoring two 19th century stone village residences. About the Author Visual Artist, Writer and Photographer Marques Vickers is a California native presently living in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle, Washington regions. His published works span a diverse variety of subjects including true crime, international travel, California wines, architec
Visual Artist, Writer and Photographer Marques Vickers is a California native presently living in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle, Washington regions. He subsequently became the Vice President of Sales for AsTRA Tours and Travel in Westwood between 1984-86. . Following a one-year residence in Dijon, France where he studied
The Iron Goat Trail that retraces the former routing is a popular hiking destination. The nine miles of track connecting the towns of Stevens Pass, Wellington and Scenic, Washington ultimately proved a failure for the Great Northern Railway. Camps were required for the hundreds of workers to maintain the tracks and keep them operational during the winter snows. In their silence and emptiness, the vacant tunnels and snow sheds resemble tombs depicting casualties of time.An irony persists that the most accessible remnants of this era were after the 1910 Wellington Avalanche that killed 96, the worst fatality count railroad history.. Geographical impediments were merely obstacles to overcome. The interior of the structures however, created residu