D T Nelson
Lead Service Attendant
Here is an Associated Press story about the Iron Goat Trail in Washington's Cascade Mountains, which follows the old Great Northern route to the old Stevens Pass Tunnel. The story highlights the fact that the trail passes the site of the 1910 Wellington disaster, in which 96 people died when an avalanche swept two stalled passenger trains down the mountainside.
I'm not much of a hiker, but after reading this story, I might have to go up there this summer and have a look-see.
I'm not much of a hiker, but after reading this story, I might have to go up there this summer and have a look-see.