A flanger works to remove snow from BNSF's line to Cascade Tunnel in Washington. On the night of February 28, 1910, not far from this location and a century earlier, an avalanche swept two trains down the mountainside, killing 96 people. Martin Burwash recounts that fateful event through the courtroom testimony of William Harrington, an assistant trainmaster for the Great Northern in the April 2010 issue of Railfan & Railroad. Photo by Martin Burwash.
Fading Away: My good friend Joe Werner invited me to join his family for the Christmas holiday back in 2001. Remembering that his mom was an excellent cook, I quickly accepted. Our conversation on the five-hour drive to Pittsburgh wandered between football and railfanning...
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A flanger works to remove snow from BNSF's line to Cascade Tunnel in Washington. On the night of February 28, 1910, not far from this location and a century earlier, an avalanche swept two trains down the mountainside, killing 96 people. Martin Burwash recounts that fateful event through the courtroom testimony of William Harrington, an assistant trainmaster for the Great Northern in the April 2010 issue of Railfan & Railroad. Photo by Martin Burwash.
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