Nate Shedd
Soaring
Waking up to that 5 AM alarm can be annoying yet exciting at the same time. In this case, it was exciting.
Headed east on US Highway 2, the crackle of the scanner is heard just west of Gold Bar, indicating there is some activity headed our way. As we drove around a sweeping curve, the signal for the west-end of the Gold Bar siding shows high green on the main, validating our suspicion there was movement around. Ben and I pulled off at a familiar spot to many rail photographers on this line, the bridge over the Skykomish River, nicknamed "Big Eddy."
We initially expected this eastbound to be the morning Z train from South Seattle, but as it soared across the trestle it revealed itself to be an empty oil train. None to less, the chase was on to the east side of the pass.
Soaring
Waking up to that 5 AM alarm can be annoying yet exciting at the same time. In this case, it was exciting.
Headed east on US Highway 2, the crackle of the scanner is heard just west of Gold Bar, indicating there is some activity headed our way. As we drove around a sweeping curve, the signal for the west-end of the Gold Bar siding shows high green on the main, validating our suspicion there was movement around. Ben and I pulled off at a familiar spot to many rail photographers on this line, the bridge over the Skykomish River, nicknamed "Big Eddy."
We initially expected this eastbound to be the morning Z train from South Seattle, but as it soared across the trestle it revealed itself to be an empty oil train. None to less, the chase was on to the east side of the pass.