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Iron Goat Trail
Iron Goat Trail
Windy tunnel
West portal of Windy Tunnel  (2001 photo).

The Iron Goat Trail is the abandoned Great Northern Railway line west of Stevens Pass, WA.  Abandoned in 1929 with the opening of the 8-mile "New Cascade Tunnel", it was only recently cleared for hiking.

Concrete Snowshed
Concrete Snowshed at Wellington (later renamed Tye), "inside" track grade (2001 photo).


Windy tunnel
Walkway along side the east end Windy Tunnel (2006 photo).  The last hundred feet or so shown here are actually a snowshed and the drop to the right is 6-8 feet in places!
Old Cascade Tunnel
West Portal of "Old Cascade Tunnel"
 Concrete Snowshed
Concrete Snowshed at Wellington, "outside" track grade (2006 photo).  This snowshed is about 1 km long (.62 miles).
Trail along backwall
Trail Crossing Avalanche Chute.
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