I also read the article in Parade about trains. He started out by talking about SWC. The one I am going on. It said something like they chugged up higher and higher on the Ratan Pass. I then googled it and found a U-tube video on it. How long does it take to go up this pass? Do you feel that it is high up there? Does your ears pop? Are there big dropoffs? I could only tell the video from the side that the person was videotaping.