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| Title | Great Northern railroad depot at the Cascade Tunnel, ca. 1910s |
| Photographer | Wheeler, J.D. |
| Date | ca. 1910s |
| Caption | In 1903, a steam-powered Great Northern Railway train stalled in the 2.6 mile long Cascade Tunnel, near Stevens Pass, Washington. As the air filled with coal smoke, 100 passengers and crew members nearly suffocated. During the next few years, the company ran an electrical system through the tunnel. Starting in 1909, small electric engines pulled railroad cars from one end of the tunnel to the other.
This photographic postcard, made in the 1910s, shows the Great Northern Railway's depot near the Cascade Tunnel. The electrical lines above the tracks powered the trains that ran through the tunnel. At the depots at each end of the tunnel, railroad crews uncoupled the cars from the electric engines and recoupled them to steam engines. |
| Notes | Original title: G.N.R.R. Depot Cascade Tunnel. |
| Subjects | Railroad stations; Snow; Electric railroads; Railroads |
| Places | Stevens Pass Region (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1981.7182.26 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Postcard Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Postcard Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print (postcard): gelatin, b&w; 9 x 14 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original postcard using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 5. |
